Artemisitene shows superiority over artemisinin in preventing Schistosoma japonica-induced liver disease.

Background: Artemisinin (ART) analogs, such as dihydroartemisinin, arteether, artemether, and artesunate, all featuring an endoperoxide bridge, have demonstrated efficacy against schistosomiasis. Artemisitene (ATT), which contains an additional α, β-unsaturated carbonyl structure, has shown enhanced biological activities. This study aims to evaluate the anti-schistosomaiasis japonica activity of ATT and compare it with ART.

Study on creep characteristics and component model of saline soil in hexi corridor.

Accurate mastery of the creep characteristics of unsaturated saline soil is extremely important for the long-term stability and safe operation of all types of buildings. In this paper, the research object focused on the saline soil of the Zhangye area, Hexi corridor. The indoor triaxial CU creep test was carried out by means of graded loading to study the creep characteristics of saline soil under different salt content and loading stress.

Superficial chiral etching on an achiral metal-organic framework for high-performance liquid chromatography enantioseparations.

Chiral metal-organic frameworks have shown great potential in enantioselective separation and asymmetric catalysis due to their diverse and adjustable structures with abundant chiral recognition sites. Herein, a new chiral post-synthetic modification was used for preparing an achiral@chiral metal-organic frameworks core-shell composite [Cu (Btc) ]@[Cu ((+)-Cam) Dabco] by a superficial chiral etching method. The [Cu (Btc) ]@[Cu ((+)-Cam) Dabco] composite was utilized as a novel chiral stationary phase for HPLC enantioseparation.

Chiral covalent organic framework core-shell composite CTpBD@SiO used as stationary phase for HPLC enantioseparation.

The fascinating framework structures and unique properties of chiral covalent organic frameworks (COFs) make them promising candidates as novel separation medium for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). However, the irregular morphology, inhomogeneous particle size, and low density of conventional COF particles will lead to a low column efficiency, undesirable chromatographic peak shape, and high column backpressure of such COF-packed columns. In this work, a chiral COF CTpBD was synthesized by the Schiff base reaction between benzidine (BD) and chiral organic monomer CTp obtained through the reaction of 1,3,5-triformylphoroglucinol (Tp) and (+)-diacetyl-L-tartaric anhydride ((+)-Ac-L-Ta).

Synthesis of highly functionalized 2,4-diaminoquinazolines as anticancer and anti-HIV agents.

Novel polyhalo 2,4-diaminoquinazolines 3a-3d were prepared by reacting polyhaloisophthalonitriles with guanidine carbonate under solvent-free conditions and in the absence of a catalyst with good yields (74-95%). A series of highly functionalized 2,4-diaminoquinazolines 4-5 were then synthesized based on 3a-3c. The anticancer activities of compounds 3-5 were evaluated in vitro against human cell lines such as Skov-3, HL-60, A431, A549, and HepG-2.

1-(2,6-Difluoro-benzo-yl)-3-(2,3,5-tri-chloro-phen-yl)urea.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(14)H(7)Cl(3)F(2)N(2)O(2), contains two unique molecules. The 2,3,5-trichloro-phenyl ring is almost coplanar with the urea group in both molecules, whereas the 2,6-difluoro-phenyl ring is twisted from the urea plane by 54.83 (10)° in one molecule and 60.