Harvesting uncapped immature honey (IMH) followed by dehydration is a typical counterfeit honey production process, but the differences between IMH and capped mature honey (MH) have not been well described previously. In this study, MH and IMH from Apis mellifera colonies during the same rapeseed flower season were compared. MH was found to have lower water content, lower acidity, and higher fructose content. High-performance liquid chromatography combined with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry-based untargeted metabolomic analysis indicated that MH had a distinct metabolite composition to IMH. Targeted metabolomic analysis on 20 major polyphenolic constituents showed higher accumulation in MH. MH had greater bacteriostatic effect and stronger free radical scavenging effect. While both the honeys mitigated cell damage caused by H2O2, the effective dosage of IMH was higher and its inducing effect on the antioxidant gene expression was weaker. Overall, MH was shown to be of better quality than IMH not only because of its richer polyphenolic composition but also because of its stronger biological activity.Inherently porous materials that are chemically and structurally robust are challenging to construct. Conventionally, dynamic chemistry is thought to be needed for the formation of uniform porous organic frameworks, but dynamic bonds can limit the stability of these materials. click here For this reason, all-carbon-linked frameworks are expected to exhibit higher stability performance than more traditional porous frameworks. However, the limited reversibility of carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions has restricted the exploration of these materials. In particular, the challenges associated with producing uniform thin films of all-carbon-linked frameworks has inhibited the study of these materials in applications where well-defined films are required. Here, we synthesize continuous and homogeneous films of two different all-carbon-linked three-dimensional porous aromatic frameworks with nanometer-precision thickness (PAF-1 and BCMP-2). This was accomplished by kinetically promoting surface reactivity while suppressing homogeneous nucleation. Through connection of the PAF film to a gold substrate via a self-assembled monolayer and use of flow conditions to continually introduce monomers, smooth and continuous PAF films can be grown with controlled thickness. This strategy allows traditional transition metal mediated carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions to form porous, organic thin films. We expect that the chemical principles uncovered in this study will enable the synthesis of a variety of chemically and structurally diverse carbon-carbon-linked frameworks as high-quality films, which are inaccessible by conventional methods.Calcium homeostasis is implicated in some cancers, leading to the possibility that selective control of calcium might lead to new cancer drugs. On the basis of this idea, we designed an assay using a glioblastoma cell line and screened a collection of 1000 unique bacterial extracts. Isolation of the active compound from a hit extract led to the identification of boholamide A (1), a 4-amido-2,4-pentadieneoate (APD)-class peptide. Boholamide A (1) applied in the nanomolar range induces an immediate influx of Ca2+ in glioblastoma and neuronal cells. APD-class natural products are hypoxia-selective cytotoxins that primarily target mitochondria. Like other APD-containing compounds, 1 is hypoxia selective. Since APD natural products have received significant interest as potential chemotherapeutic agents, 1 provides a novel APD scaffold for the development of new anticancer compounds.A large-pore version of Mg-CUK-1, a water-stable metal-organic framework (MOF) with 1-D channels, was synthesized in basic water. Mg-CUK-1L has a BET surface area of 2896 m2 g-1 and shows stark selectivity for CO2 sorption over N2, O2, H2, and CH4. It displays reversible, multistep gated sorption of CO2 below 0.33 atm. The dehydrated single-crystal structure of Mg-CUK-1L confirms retention of the open-channel structure. The MOF can be loaded with organic molecules by immersion in hot melts, providing single crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction. trans-Azobenzene fills the channels in a 2 × 2 arrangement. Solid-state UV-vis spectroscopy reveals that azobenzene molecules undergo reversible trans-cis isomerization, despite being close-packed; this surprising result is confirmed by DFT-simulated UV-vis spectra.Here, we design and synthesize an organic laser molecule, 2,7-diphenyl-9H-fluorene (LD-1), which has state-of-the-art integrated optoelectronic properties with a high mobility of 0.25 cm2 V-1 s-1, a high photoluminescence quantum yield of 60.3%, and superior deep-blue laser characteristics (low threshold of Pth = 71 μJ cm-2 and Pth = 53 μJ cm-2 and high quality factor (Q) of ∼3100 and ∼2700 at emission peaks of 390 and 410 nm, respectively). Organic light-emitting transistors based on LD-1 are for the first time demonstrated with obvious electroluminescent emission and gate tunable features. This work opens the door for a new class of organic semiconductor laser molecules and is critical for deep-blue optical and laser applications.Particle-stabilized emulsions that can respond to external stimuli have attracted significant concerns due to their intelligent-controlled stability, whereas particle-stabilized Pickering emulsions responding to multistimuli but based on biomass have been rarely reported. Here, a multistimuli-responsive Pickering emulsion was developed using the modified chitosan as stabilizer. Due to electrostatic attraction, Se-containing anionic surfactant, sodium 11-(butylselenyl)undecylsulfate (C4SeC11S), can bind with CS at an acidic pH and form CS-C4SeC11S complexes which can further self-associate to form micrometer-sized particles with the character of partially hydrophobicity. Therefore, at pH less then pKa, an oil-in-water Pickering emulsion can be formed using CS-C4SeC11S particles as stabilizers and can spontaneously respond to redox, ion, and pH. First, with the addition of oxidation, the hydrophilicity of C4SeC11S was enhanced, and thus, hydrophobic association of CS-C4SeC11S decreased, leading to the disruption of CS-C4SeC11S particles.