ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,012, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hangzhou Normal University (Hangzhou, China).

"14-chloro-Beta-elemene nitric oxide donor derivative and preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Tian Xie (Hangzhou, China), Renren Bai (Hangzhou, China), Xiangyang Ye (Hangzhou, China), Junlong Zhu (Hangzhou, China) and Ziqiang Bai (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a 14-chloro-Beta-elemene nitric oxide donor derivative and a preparation method and use thereof in the preparation of anti-tumor drugs. The 14-chloro-Beta-elemene nitric oxide donor derivative has a general formula shown in formula (I): in formula (...