[HTML][HTML] From Benznidazole to new drugs: Nanotechnology contribution in Chagas disease

DC Gomes, TS Medeiros, EL Alves Pereira… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi. Benznidazole and nifurtimox are the two approved drugs for their treatment, but both …

[HTML][HTML] Thermodynamic Overview of Bioconjugation Reactions Pertinent to Lysine and Cysteine Peptide and Protein Residues

M Lopandic, F Merza, JF Honek - Compounds, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bioconjugation reactions are critical to the modification of peptides and proteins, permitting
the introduction of biophysical probes onto proteins as well as drugs for use in antibody …

Lithium pyrene squarate covalent organic frameworks for efficient lithium and magnesium separation from salt water

AA Altaf, A Khosropour, A Zadehnazari… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The increasing pressure for lithium resources from the electric vehicle and nuclear energy
industries means that new technologies to separate Mg2+ from Li+ from salt water are in …

Receptors for sulfate that function across a wide pH range in mixed aqueous–DMSO media

L Qin, JR Wright, JDE Lane, SN Berry… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Water soluble squaramide macrocycles (MSQs) display high sulfate binding affinities in
aqueous DMSO mixtures. The introduction of pyridine spacers into the macrocycles resulted …

[HTML][HTML] Amidosquaramides–a new anion binding motif with pH sensitive anion transport properties

LA Marchetti, T Krämer, RBP Elmes - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli responsive anion transport is becoming an important aspect of supramolecular anion
recognition chemistry. Herein, we report the synthesis of a family of anion receptors that …

Light-Driven Photoconversion of Squaramides with Implications in Anion Transport

M Vega, L Martínez-Crespo, M Barceló-Oliver… - Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Simple, clean and fast photoconversion of aniline-derived squaramides was achieved by
flashlight illumination. UV irradiation enabled the photochemical squaramide ring-opening …

Supramolecular hydrogels based on minimalist amphiphilic squaramide–squaramates for controlled release of zwitterionic biomolecules

C López, M Ximenis, F Orvay… - … –A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular hydrogels with tunable properties have innovative applications in
biomedicine, catalysis, and materials chemistry. Minimalist low‐molecular‐weight …

Squaramide Formation for DNA-Encoded Library Synthesis

A Douchez, J Poupart, G Yang… - Bioconjugate …, 2024 - ACS Publications
DNA-encoded libraries (DELs) can be considered as one of the most powerful tools for the
discovery of small molecules of biological interest. However, the ability to access large DELs …

Introducing a squaramide-based self-immolative spacer for controlled drug release

M Ximenis, A Sampedro, L Martínez-Crespo… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein we report the design, synthesis and assessment of the first example of a squaramide-
based self-immolative system triggered by an enzymatic reduction. We have proved that the …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of new long-chain squaramides as anti-chagasic agents in the BALB/c mouse model

R Martín-Escolano, C Marín, M Vega… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chagas Disease is caused by infection with the insect-transmitted protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi and affects more than 10 million people. It is a paradigmatic example of a chronic …