“…6 Given these limitations, research has focused on the development of novel non-purine XO inhibitors with potent XO inhibitory potency, but with fewer side effects. In recent decades, a great amount of non-purine XO inhibitors of various chemotypes have been reported, such as Febuxostat (approved in USA, 2009), 7 Y-700, 8 Topiroxostat (approved in Japan, 2013), 9 isoxazoles, 10 schiff bases of benzaldehydes, 11 N-(1,3-diaryl-3-oxo-propyl)amides, 12 N-acetyl pyrazolines, 13 isocytosines, 14 selenazoles, 15 imidazoles, 16 2-(indol-5-yl)thiazoles, 17 chalcones, 18 and 9-deazaguanines. 19 In our previous studies on anthraquinone compounds as anti-tumor agents, we unexpectedly found a compound (1a), which contained a benzaldehyde moiety and an anthraquinone moiety linked by a 1,2,3-triazole ( Fig.…”