Cyanomethylquinolones as a New Class of Potential Multitargeting Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Agents.

This work identified a class of cyanomethylquinolones (CQs) and their carboxyl analogues as potential multitargeting antibacterial candidates. Most of the prepared compounds showed high antibacterial activities against most of the tested bacteria, exhibiting lower MIC values (0.125-2 μg/mL) than those of clinical norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and clinafloxacin.

Discovery of benzopyridone cyanoacetates as new type of potential broad-spectrum antibacterial candidates.

Unique benzopyridone cyanoacetates (BCs) as new type of promising broad-spectrum antibacterial candidates were discovered with large potential to combat the lethal multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. Many prepared BCs showed broad antibacterial spectrum with low MIC values against the tested strains. Some highly active BCs exhibited rapid sterilization capacity, low resistant trend and good predictive pharmacokinetic properties.

Comprehensive Insights into Medicinal Research on Imidazole-Based Supramolecular Complexes.

The electron-rich five-membered aromatic aza-heterocyclic imidazole, which contains two nitrogen atoms, is an important functional fragment widely present in a large number of biomolecules and medicinal drugs; its unique structure is beneficial to easily bind with various inorganic or organic ions and molecules through noncovalent interactions to form a variety of supramolecular complexes with broad medicinal potential, which is being paid an increasing amount of attention regarding more and more contributions to imidazole-based supramolecular complexes for possible medicinal application. This work gives systematical and comprehensive insights into medicinal research on imidazole-based supramolecular complexes, including anticancer, antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, antidiabetic, antihypertensive, and anti-inflammatory aspects as well as ion receptors, imaging agents, and pathologic probes. The new trend of the foreseeable research in the near future toward imidazole-based supramolecular medicinal chemistry is also prospected.

Azolylpyrimidinediols as Novel Structural Scaffolds of DNA-Groove Binders against Intractable .

A unique class of antibacterial azolylpyrimidinediols (APDs) and their analogues were developed. Some synthesized compounds showed excellent bacteriostatic potency; especially, triazolylpyrimidinediol (triazolyl PD) exhibited good anti- potential with a low MIC of 0.002 mmol/L.

Unique iminotetrahydroberberine-corbelled metronidazoles as potential membrane active broad-spectrum antibacterial agents.

In an effort for fighting with dreadful drug resistance, iminotetraberberine was hybridized with metronidazole to construct a unique type of potential broad-spectrum antibacterial iminotetrahydroberberine-corbelled metronidazoles. Some prepared hybrids exerted promising inhibitory effects against the tested microorganisms in comparison to the natural berberine, clinical metronidazole and norfloxacin. Noticeably, phenyl oxime derivative 8e displayed a broad antibacterial spectrum with a quite low MIC value of 0.

Pyrimidine-conjugated fluoroquinolones as new potential broad-spectrum antibacterial agents.

Pyrimidine-conjugated fluoroquinolones were constructed to cope with the dreadful resistance. Most of the target pyrimidine derivatives effectively suppressed the growth of the tested strains, especially, 4-aminopyrimidinyl compound 1c showed a broad antibacterial spectrum and low cytotoxicity and exhibited superior antibacterial potency against Enterococcus faecalis with a low MIC of 0.25 μg/mL to norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin.

[Soil microfauna diversity among Cunninghamia lanceolata plantations based on pyrosequencing].

In order to study the function of soil microfauna and its responses to environmental changes, we used metagenome analyses of the 18S rDNA gene region to identify differences in microfauna diversity and community structure among fifteen soil samples belonging to five different Cunninghamia lanceolate plantations. The plantations were located in Youxian County, Hunan Province in central China. The trees in these plantations were of different ages (3, 13, and 26 years) and belonged to different ecological successions (first, second, and third successions).