Metal ion-assisted carboxyl-containing covalent organic frameworks for the efficient removal of Congo red.

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have been utilized as molecular sieves to adsorb or remove or separate a wide range of substances. Herein, a new carboxyl-containing COF (COF-COOH) is fabricated from the polymerization of 1,3,5-triformylphloroglucinol (TP) and 4,4'-diamino-[1,1'-biphenyl]-3,3'-dicarboxylic acid (DBA). COF-COOH displays good adsorption performance on Congo red (CR) through hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking interactions.

Inhibition of human enterovirus 71 replication by pentacyclic triterpenes and their novel synthetic derivatives.

A large number of bioactive pentacyclic triterpenoids have been shown to have multiple biological activities. This study was conducted to evaluate the inhibitory activities of 6 newly synthesized and novel pentacyclic triterpenoids against enterovirus 71 (EV71). The parent compound, ursolic acid (UA), showed the greatest inhibitory activity against EV71, while oleanolic acid (OA), asiatic acid (AA), and synthetic derivatives of 18-β-glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) and OA also exhibited inhibitory effects, although to lesser extents.

[Methyl 3, 4-dihydroxyphenylacetate prevents enterovirus 71 proliferation in rhabdomyosarcoma cells].

This article presented the inhibitory activity of methyl 3, 4-dihydroxyphenylacetate on the enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection. The EV71 VP1 capsid protein expression levels were analyzed with Western blotting. Results revealed that the compound is able to inhibit EV71 replication in rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells.