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An easy approach to the enantioselective synthesis of five-, six-, and seven-membered ring-fused cyclopentadienes (85–99% ee) is based on the Au(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization of enantiomerically pure or enriched propargyl vinyl ethers, which occurs with complete central-to-axial-to-central chirality transfer. DFT calculations show that the formation of a no...
Continue readingOtteacumienes G–K (1–5), five pairs of enantiomeric diarylheptanoids, along with one undescribed diarylheptanoid glycoside and one new lignan, were isolated from Ottelia acuminata var. acuminata. Compounds 1–5 were identified as five pairs of enantiomers and their structural configurations were determined through a combination of spectroscopic ana...
Continue readingAntimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing global health challenges, as many pathogens are rapidly evolving to evade existing treatments. Despite this urgent need for new solutions, natural plant-derived compounds remain relatively underexplored in the development of antimicrobial drugs. This report highlights an innovative approach to discovering potent ...
Continue readingAnalysis of the secondary metabolite biosynthesis gene cluster (BGC) from marine Streptomyces sp. SNJ102 revealed the presence of a noncanonical nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS), predicted to produce a depsipeptide compound. The NRPS gene cluster was captured by transformation-associated recombination and heterologously expressed in Streptomyces albus. The ...
Continue readingHuman cytomegalovirus (HCMV) UL141 inhibits immune recognition of virally infected cells by natural killer cells and cytotoxic T cells through modulation of cellular receptors (e.g., TRAIL-R2/-R1, CD155, CD112). Recent findings suggest that UL141 is also a critical component of the HCMV virion, further emphasizing its significance. In this study, we aimed to deve...
Continue readingTwo novel alkaloids, zoanides A and B (1 and 2), 12 new zoanthamine-type alkaloids (3–14), together with two known compounds (15 and 16) were obtained from the zoantharian Zoanthus vietnamensis. Their structures and absolute configurations were established by extensive spectroscopic data, DP4+ probability calculation, and X-ray crystallographic analyses. Stru...
Continue readingBibenzyls and dihydrophenanthrenes exhibit promising immunomodulatory effects in various human diseases. In this study, we isolated one new dihydrophenanthrene derivative (1), two new bibenzyl-dihydrophenanthrene derivatives (2, 3) along with 12 known compounds (4–15) from the methanol extract of Calanthe cardioglossa. These compounds were identified by using...
Continue readingBibenzyls and dihydrophenanthrenes exhibit promising immunomodulatory effects in various human diseases. In this study, we isolated one new dihydrophenanthrene derivative (1), two new bibenzyl-dihydrophenanthrene derivatives (2, 3) along with 12 known compounds (4–15) from the methanol extract of Calanthe cardioglossa. These compounds were identified by using...
Continue readingThe bioluminescence reaction of firefly luciferase with D-luciferin has become an indispensable imaging technique in modern biology and life science experiments, but the high cost of D-luciferin is limiting its further application. Here, we report a practical, one-pot synthesis of D-luciferin from p-benzoquinone (p-BQ), L-cysteine methyl ester and D-cysteine, wit...
Continue readingLeishmaniasis is a worldwide disease caused by more than 20 species of Leishmania parasites. Leishmania amazonensis and L. braziliensis are among the main causative agents of cutaneous leishmaniasis, presenting a broad spectrum of clinical forms. As these pathologies lead to unsatisfactory treatment outcomes, the discovery of alternative chemotherapeutic options is...
Continue readingThe persistence of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the emergence of new mutant strains continue to present a substantial threat with potential for future pandemics. Safe, effective, and readily available COVID-19 therapeutics are urgently needed to prepare for future coronavirus pandemics. To help identify new antiviral ag...
Continue readingThe parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease that affects the lives of millions of indigenous people in Latin America. As medications to treat Chagas disease are limited to the application of benznidazole and nifurtimox, which are not ideal treatments for the chronic stage of the disease, the search for new a...
Continue readingAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a critical global health crisis. An innovative strategy to deal with AMR is to interfere with biofilm formation and bacterial quorum sensing (QS). In this study, newly designed autoinducer-2 (AI-2)-inspired compounds in targeting biofilm-associated infections were evaluated for their ability to inhibit biofilm formation in ...
Continue readingChiral semiconducting nanomaterials offer many potential applications in photodetection, light emission, quantum information, and so on. However, it is difficult to achieve a strong circular dichroism (CD) signal in semiconducting nanocrystals (NCs) due to the complexity of chiral ligand surface engineering and multiple, uncertain mechanisms of chiroptical behavior...
Continue readingObesity has become a worldwide health problem. Seeking natural products with anti-obesity activity from lots of fungi has drawn the attention of pharmacologists. In our study, dipenipenoids A and B (1 and 2), the first dimeric indole-diterpenoids with a rare C-20–C-22′ linkage, and their monomers (3 and 4), were isolated from a marine-derived Penicill...
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