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Cyclic oligomers consisting of unsymmetrical anthracene units were designed as novel aromatic compounds. The Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of a 2-boryl-9-bromoanthracene precursor afforded the cyclic trimer and tetramer. X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed that the trimer took a highly strained propeller-like structure with short H···H contacts. In contrast, the tetramer took a saddle-shaped structure with minimal strain. Effects of ring size on UV-vis and fluorescence spectra and dynamic behavior are discussed in relation to the molecular structures.
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J Mater Chem B
September 2025
State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
Mitochondria-targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT) circumvents the short lifetime and action radius limitation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and greatly improves the anticancer PDT efficacy. However, current approaches require different molecular engineering strategies to separately improve ROS production and introduce mitochondria targeting ability, which involve tedious synthetic procedures. Herein, we report a facile one-step cationization strategy that simultaneously improves the ROS generation efficiency and introduces mitochondria targeting ability for enhanced PDT.
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September 2025
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey.
In this review, the primary aim is to examine non-azole ring systems that have analgesic activity and, where applicable, to establish structure - activity relationships (SARs) with the nine major pathways, prostaglandin synthesis inhibition, opioid receptor modulation, sodium channel blockade, enhancement of serotonin and norepinephrine levels, cannabinoid receptor (CBR) binding, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonism, transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) antagonism, and P2X purinergic receptor blockade, have been described for pain relief. Analgesic effects have been observed in compounds containing ring systems such as piperidine, piperazine, pyridine, pyridazine, pyrazine, morpholine, thiomorpholine, pyran, thiopyran, indane, benzofuran, benzothiophene, quinoline, quinazoline, and chromene. These ring systems were classified in the whole study, first according to their molecular weights and then by bioisosteric similarity as same as first part.
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September 2025
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Environmental Technology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
The potential of PM to cause lung cancer has been well established; however, evidence regarding which specific components are responsible remains limited. We investigated dissolved organic matter (DOM) in PM using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and cellular DNA damage assays to elucidate molecular composition and sources of carcinogenic components. Our analysis revealed hundreds of genotoxic compounds, with condensed aromatic amines predominating in number, abundance, and contribution to overall genotoxicity.
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September 2025
Department of Chemical Engineering, Analysis and Test Center, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China. Electronic address:
Asiatic acid (AA) was used as the lead compound and 22 inhibitors of specificity protein 1 (Sp1) were designed and synthesized with modification at A ring and C-28 position of AA, whose structures were confirmed by HRMS, H NMR and C NMR. The growth inhibitory effects of Asiatic acid derivatives on human breast cancer cells (MCF-7) and cervical cancer cells (Hela) were determined by tetramethyl azole salt (3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide, MTT) colorimetric assay. The results showed that all of these compounds inhibited the proliferation of HeLa and MCF-7 cells, and all the derivatives showed stronger tumor cytotoxicity than AA, among which compounds I, II, and III were comparable to the positive control drug cisplatin.
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September 2025
Southwest Jiaotong University School of Mechanical Engineering, No. 111, North Section 1, Second Ring Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610031, CHINA.
Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is the standard surgical treatment for end-stage hip osteoarthritis, with its success dependent on precise preoperative planning, which, in turn, relies on accurate three-dimensional segmentation and reconstruction of the periarticular bone of the hip joint. However, patients with hip osteoarthritis often exhibit pathological characteristics, such as joint space narrowing, femoroacetabular impingement, osteophyte formation, and joint deformity. These changes present significant challenges for traditional manual or semi-automatic segmentation methods.
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