Abstract: Luminescent materials that include a luminescent phosphor compound, articles including a security feature, and methods for producing the luminescent phosphor compounds are provided herein. In an embodiment, a luminescent material includes a medium and luminescent particles. The luminescent particles include a luminescent benzothiazole having a ureido linkage. The luminescent benzothiazole has a peak intensity within a wavelength of from about 555 to about 630 nm in response to excitation with electromagnetic radiation at a wavelength of about 366 nm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for purifying pure thioflavin T having a step of preparing a thioflavin T solution in which crude thioflavin T is dissolved in a polar solvent and a step of carrying out liquid-liquid extraction of the thioflavin T solution with a non-polar solvent.

Abstract: New composition of polymeric scintillator was revealed, which can be used particularly in medical diagnostics especially in productions of CT scanners, PET scanners and SPECT scanners.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device, the display panel includes an array substrate; wherein the array substrate includes a common electrode, a first insulation layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes and an alignment layer; the common electrode, first insulation layer, plurality of pixel electrodes and alignment layer are successively arranged; at least one first through hole is defined in the first insulation layer, and the alignment layer contacts with the common electrode via the at least one first through hole. By arranging in such a manner, although a thin-film transistor stays in a turn-on state for an extremely short time, however, since the common electrode is always in a conductive state, so that the electrostatic charge remaining on the alignment layer can be conducted away by the common electrode, thereby reducing the electrostatic charge remaining on the alignment layer, and thus improving display quality of display panel.

Abstract: The present invention provides 2-phenyl benzothiazole linked imidazole compounds of formula A as anti cancer agent against fifty three human cancer cell lines.

Abstract: Compounds which directly inhibit IRE-1? activity in vitro, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts there-of. Such compounds and prodrugs are useful for treating diseases associated with the unfolded protein response or with regulated IRE1-dependent decay (RIDD) and can be used as single agents or in combination therapies.

Abstract: The present invention provides 2-phenyl benzothiazole linked imidazole compounds of formula A as anti cancer agent against fifty three human cancer cell lines.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing a phenyl-substituted heterocyclic derivative represented by general formula (1), which has a step wherein a heteroaromatic compound represented by general formula (2) is reacted with a phenol derivative represented by general formula (3) in the presence of a nickel compound, 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane, and a base.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are endothelial lipase inhibitors which may be used as medicaments.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photodynamic therapy to a patient having at least one tumor comprising the steps of: administering a compound of formula 6 (wherein R1 and R2 are defined as the above) in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to the patient; waiting for a sufficient time to allow the administered compound to be taken up by a target tissue having the at least one tumor; and irradiating a region of the patient containing the target tissue, wherein growth of the tumor is inhibited.

Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit RNA-containing virus, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. The present invention relates to novel antiviral compounds represented herein above, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for the treatment or prophylaxis of viral (particularly HCV) infection in a subject in need of such therapy with the compounds.

Abstract: A process for the production of a compound of formula (III) which comprises a step of reacting a compound of formula (I) with an excess amount of a compound of formula (II) in absence of aromatic solvent, wherein n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; X is NH, O or S; each R1 group may be the same or different, and is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, carboxylic acid ester, amido, cyano, halogenated aliphatic, nitro, and amino; and R2 group is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, Cl, F, Br, amino, and alkoxy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for promoting healthy aging of skin, the treatment of skin disorders, the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, the treatment of renal disorders, the treatment of angiogenesis disorders, such as cancer, treatment of tissue damage, such as non-cardiac tissue damage, the treatment of evolving myocardial infarction, and the treatment of various other disorders, such as complications arising from diabetes with the compounds and compositions of the invention. Other disorders can include, but are not limited to, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, infections of the skin, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, and the like.

Abstract: The development of a series of fluorescent materials including heterocycle-functionalized luminogens with aggregation-induced/enhanced emission (AIE/AEE), long wavelength emission, and high solid state fluorescence quantum efficiency is contemplated. The described fluorescent materials are promising candidates in selective luminescence-based chemosensor for Hg2+ or ATP, fluorescent staining for mitochondria in living cells with high photostability, stimuli-responsive luminescent materials, and materials for optical waveguides. In addition, these heterocycle-functionalized luminogens are particularly useful as fluorescent labels for biopolymers such as peptides, antibodies, or nucleic acids, making them useful as AIE-active biocompatible probes for clinical cancer imaging and diagnostics.

Abstract: Provided are a novel compound having skin-whitening, anti-oxidizing and PPAR activities and a medical use thereof, and the compound has skin-whitening activities for the suppression of tyrosinase, and accordingly, is useful for use in skin-whitening pharmaceutical composition or cosmetic products; has anti-oxidant activities, and accordingly, is useful for the prevention and treatment of skin-aging; and has PPAR activities, and in particular, PPAR? and PPAR? activities, and accordingly, is useful for use in pharmaceutical compositions or health foods which are effective for the prevention and treatment of obesity, metabolic disease, or cardiovascular disease.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted benzothiazoles, benzoxazoles—and their counterparts having pyridine and pyrimidine rings replacing the benzene ring—that are PDE4 inhibitors useful for treating stroke, myocardial infarct, and cardiovascular inflammatory conditions, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to methods for the treatment of stroke, myocardial infarct, and cardiovascular inflammatory conditions in a mammal. The compounds have general formula I: in which A and B are carbocycles or heterocycles.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula (I). Wherein R1, R2Ar and Cy are as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions of the compound of formula (I), methods of making the compounds of formula I, and methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to treat a disorder associated with activation of CCR10.

Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds of general formula (I): Method of preparation and uses thereof.

Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds described herein are useful for inhibiting arginine methyltransferase activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating arginine methyltransferase-mediated disorders are also described.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing a phenyl-substituted heterocyclic derivative represented by general formula (1), which has a step wherein a heteroaromatic compound represented by general formula (2) is reacted with a phenol derivative represented by general formula (3) in the presence of a nickel compound, 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane, and a base.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a specific thiazolium salt used for producing an ?-hydroxy ketone compound, and a method for producing an ?-hydroxy ketone compound by carrying out a coupling reaction of an aldehyde compound in the presence of a base compound and the specific thiazolium salt.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel derivatives of propargyl-trifluoromethoxy-amino-benzothiazole which are effective in treating neurologic disorders, including Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of S-[2-[1-(2-ethylbutyl)cyclohexylcarbonylamino]-phenyl] 2-methylthiopropionate which is useful as a pharmaceutically active compound.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula: or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. Ring A is aromatic carbocycle or aromatic heterocycle, Z is —O— or —S—, R1 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl or the like, R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy or the like, R4 is a group represented by the formula: —(CR6R7)n—R8, R6 and R7 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy or the like, n is an integer of 0 to 3, R8 is carboxy, cyano, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, Rx is halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl or the like, and m is an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: Two-photon absorbing (2PA), cross-linked polyurethanes were prepared from bis(isocyanato) monomers, tris(isocyanato) monomers or a mixture thereof, in conjunction with novel polyol molecules with donor-acceptor octupolar geometry, whose generic structure is comprised of an electron-accepting 1,3,5-triazine hub with three spokes constituted by electron-donating triarylalkylamine end-groups, which are polyfunctionalized with thermally reactive alcohol functions. The resulting neat glassy or rubbery solids are applicable in a wide range of linear and nonlinear optical applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, compositions comprising an effective amount of a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, and methods for treating or preventing a condition such as pain, UI, an ulcer, IBD and IBS, comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of S-[2-[1-(2-ethylbutyl)cyclohexylcarbonylamino]-phenyl]2-methylthiopropionate which is useful as a pharmaceutically active compound.

Abstract: Provided are dihydroisoxazole compounds I useful for controlling parasites both in animals and agriculture. Further provided are methods for controlling parasite infestations of an animal by administering an effective amount of a compound as described above, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to an animal, as well as formulations for controlling parasite infestations using the compounds described above or an acceptable salt thereof, and an acceptable carrier. Also provided are compounds and processes useful for making the dihydroisoxazole compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing infections in mammals, by administering to a mammal a therapeutically effective amount of at least one defensin-like molecule, e.g., in a composition that includes such molecule. Also disclosed are kits that include such molecules, or compositions that include such molecules, as well as instructions for using such molecules to treat a mammal.

Abstract: A description is given of (4-haloalkyl-3-thiobenzoyl)cyclohexanediones of the formula (I) and of their use as herbicides. In this formula (I), X, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals such as alkyl. A and Z are oxygen or alkylene.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing a compound of formula 6 comprising: (a) reacting a compound of formula 1 with a compound of formula 2 to form a compound of formula 3 wherein X of formula 2 is Cl or OH; (b) treating the compound formula 3 with Lawesson's reagent to form a compound of formula 4 (c) reacting a compound of formula 4 with potassium ferricyanide to produce a compound of formula 5 and (d) performing catalytic reduction of nitro group of the compound of formula 5 with palladium on charcoal to generate the compound of formula 6, wherein R1 of formulae 1-6 is H, C1-10 alkyl, C1-10 alkoxy or C1-10 haloalkyl, and R2 of formulae 1-6 is H or C1-10 alkyl.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are useful in treating conditions or disorders prevented by or ameliorated by histamine-3 receptor ligands. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the histamine-3 receptor ligands, methods for using such compounds and compositions, and a process for preparing compounds within the scope of formula (I).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds represented by a formula: Wherein Ar1, Cb, Ph1, Het1, and A are described herein. Compositions and light-emitting devices related thereto are also disclosed.

Abstract: Enzyme substrates and associated technology of the present invention are provided. An enzyme substrate of the invention may comprise a biologically functional fluorescent dye and an enzyme-specific substrate moiety attached in such a way that the functionality of the functional dye is diminished. An enzymatic reaction may cleave at least a portion of the substrate moiety from the enzyme substrate to provide a more functional product dye. This product dye may be nonfluorescent or weakly fluorescent, in general, and relatively fluorescent, in a particular condition, such as when bound to a partner biological molecule or an assembly of partner biological molecules. An enzyme substrate of the present invention may thus be useful in fluorescence detection, and/or in any of a variety of useful applications, such as the detection of enzymatic activity in a cell-free system or in a living cell, the screening of drugs, or the diagnosis of disease.

Abstract: Provided are dihydroisoxazole compounds I useful for controlling parasites both in animals and agriculture. Further provided are methods for controlling parasite infestations of an animal by administering an effective amount of a compound as described above, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to an animal, as well as formulations for controlling parasite infestations using the compounds described above or an acceptable salt thereof, and an acceptable carrier. Also provided are compounds and processes useful for making the dihydroisoxazole compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having the general structural formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, and additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of any of a number of conditions or diseases involving fibrosis and proliferation, and where anti-fibrotic or anti-proliferative activity is beneficial.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein A, E, L2, R1, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the herein, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.

Abstract: This present invention provides a method of making benzazoles comprising a process of making aryl or alkyl benzazoles from corresponding aryl acid chlorides or alkyl acid chlorides without applying hazard condensing agent. The benzazole compounds described in this invention have following formula I: Wherein: n is an integer of from 3 to 8; Z is O, NR or S; and R and R? are individually hydrogen; alkyl of from 1 to 24 carbon atoms, for example, propyl, t-butyl, heptyl, and the like; aryl or hetero-atom substituted aryl of from 5 to 20 carbon atoms, for example, phenyl and naphthyl, furyl, thienyl, pyridyl, quinolinyl and other heterocyclic systems; or halo such as chloro, fluoro, bromo, cyano; or atoms necessary to complete a fused aromatic ring; and B is a linkage unit consisting of alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, or substituted aryl which conjugately or unconjugately connects the multiple benzazoles together.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a compound having superior pharmacological action, physicochemical properties and the like and useful as an sGC activation drug, or an agent for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases such as hypertension, ischemic cardiac disease, cardiac failure, kidney disease, arteriosclerotic disease, atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension, diabetes, diabetic complications, metabolic syndrome, peripheral arterial obstruction, erectile dysfunction and the like. An sGC activation drug containing a compound represented by the formula (II): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof, as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds capable of modulating Raf kinase and, accordingly, useful for treatment of Raf kinase mediated diseases, including melanomas, tumors and other cancer-related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1 is and A1, A2, A3, A4, X, Z, Z?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined herein. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treatment of Raf kinase mediated diseases, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of the Formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with the modulation or inhibition of 11?-HSD1 in mammals. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the novel compounds of the Formula (I) and methods for their use in the reduction or control of the production of cortisol in a cell or the inhibition of the conversion of cortisone to cortisol in a cell.

Abstract: A compound of formal (I) is described: wherein R1 and R2 are as defined in the text and wherein the compounds are intended for use in treating medical conditions characterized by an imbalance in dopamine receptor activity.

Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I): wherein A, J, Z, X, R1 and R4 are defined herein, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.

Abstract: Radiolabeled tracers for sulfotransferases (SULTs), their synthesis, and their use are provided. Included are substituted phenols, naphthols, coumarins, and flavones radiolabeled with 18F, 123I, 124I, 125I, or 11C. Also provided are in vivo techniques for using these and other tracers as analytical and diagnostic tools to study sulfotransferase distribution and activity, in health and disease, and to evaluate therapeutic interventions.

Abstract: This invention provides benzothiazole derivative compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, methods of preparing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds for detecting amyloid deposit(s) and for diagnosing a disease, disorder or condition characterized by amyloid deposit(s).

Abstract: Pyrazine compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein m, n, p, R1, R2, R3, R4, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, Y and Z are defined in the specification, and compositions containing them, and processes for preparing such compounds. Provided herein also are methods of treating disorders or diseases treatable by inhibition of PDE10, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to oxazolidinone derivatives of formula (I) wherein Y, R3 and R4 are as described in the description, to their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to their use as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of formula (I), and especially to their use as orexin receptor antagonists.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds represented by a formula: R1—O-A-C?C-D, where R1, A, and D are defined as described herein. Compositions and light-emitting devices related thereto are also disclosed.

Abstract: Two-photon absorbing (2PA), cross-linked polyurethanes were prepared from bis(isocyanato) monomers, tris(isocyanato) monomers or a mixture of bis(isocyanato) and tris(isocyanato) monomers, in conjunction with a novel polyol molecules with donor-acceptor octupolar geometry, whose generic structure is comprised of an electron-accepting 1,3,5-triazine hub with three spokes constituted by electron-donating triarylalkylamine end-groups, which are polyfunctionalized with thermally reactive alcohol functions. The resulting neat glassy or rubbery solids are applicable in a wide range of linear & nonlinear optical applications.

Abstract: Compound of formula (I) have antibacterial activity: wherein: m is 0 or 1; Q is hydrogen or cyclopropyl; AIk is an optionally substituted, divalent C1-C6 alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene radical which may contain an ether (—O—), thioether (—S—) or amino (—NR)— link, wherein R is hydrogen, —CN or C1-C3 alkyl; X is —C(?O)NR6—, or —C(?O)O— wherein R6 is hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl or C2-C6 alkynyl; Z1 is —N? or —CH?Z2 is —N? or —C(R1)?; R1 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, ethenyl, ethynyl, methoxy, mercapto, mercaptomethyl, halo, fully or partially fluorinated (C1-C2)alkyl, (C1-C2JaIkoxy or (C1-C2)alkylthio, nitro, or nitrile (—CN); R2 is a group Q1-[Alk1]q-Q2-, wherein q is 0 or 1; AIk1 is an optionally substituted, divalent, straight chain or branched C1-C6 alkylene, or C2-C6 alkenylene or C2-C6 alkynylene radical which may contain or terminate in an ether (—O—), thioether (—S—) or amino (—NR)— link; Q2 is an optionally substituted divalent monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ra