Publications by authors named "Yangnv Zhu"

In this study, fourteen celastrol derivatives () were synthesised by esterification of celastrol at the 29th position. The anticancer activity of them was determined by the MTT assay. All the synthetic compounds showed significant antiproliferative activity against six cancer cells, with IC of the submicron molar level.

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Epilepsy and major depressive disorder are the two of the most common central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Clinicians and patients call for new antidepressants, antiseizure medicines, and in particular drugs for depression and epilepsy comorbidities. In this work, a dozen new triazole-quinolinones were designed, synthesized, and investigated as CNS active agents.

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Epilepsy, a severe brain disease affecting a large population, is treated mainly by antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). However, toxicity, intolerance, and low efficiency of the available AEDs have prompted the continual attempts in the discovery of new AEDs. In this study, we discovered a skeleton of triazolopyrimidine for the development of new AEDs.

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