Pharmacological properties of chalcones: a review of preclinical including molecular mechanisms and clinical evidence

B Salehi, C Quispe, I Chamkhi, N El Omari… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chalcones are among the leading bioactive flavonoids with a therapeutic potential
implicated to an array of bioactivities investigated by a series of preclinical and clinical …

Chalcones: Synthetic chemistry follows where nature leads

HA Jasim, L Nahar, MA Jasim, SA Moore, KJ Ritchie… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chalcones belong to the flavonoid class of phenolic compounds. They form one of the
largest groups of bioactive natural products. The potential anticancer, anti-inflammatory …

Antiviral and antimicrobial applications of chalcones and their derivatives: From nature to greener synthesis

MH Nematollahi, M Mehrabani, Y Hozhabri… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Chalcones and their derivatives have been widely studied due to their versatile
pharmacological and biological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral …

Design, synthesis, and antibacterial and antifungal activities of novel trifluoromethyl and trifluoromethoxy substituted chalcone derivatives

SB Lagu, RP Yejella, RR Bhandare, AB Shaik - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite the availability of many drugs to treat infectious diseases, the problems like narrow
antimicrobial spectrum, drug resistance, hypersensitivities and systemic toxicities are …

Synthesis and characterization of new thiosemicarbazones, as potent urease inhibitors: In vitro and in silico studies

M Islam, A Khan, MT Shehzad, A Hameed, N Ahmed… - Bioorganic …, 2019 - Elsevier
A new series of N-substituted thiosemicarbazones (3a-u) bearing 2-naphthyl and
dihydrobenzofuranyl scaffolds were synthesized in good to excellent yields (78–95%). The …

Supramolecular assembly involving weak hydrogen bonds, anti-parallel π··· π stacking and O··· C tetrel bonding interactions and LOX studies in a 1H-pyrazol-1-yl) …

MN Ahmed, H Andleeb, AM Fahim, M Madni… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this manuscript, we synthesized a novel ethyl 2-(5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-phenyl-4, 5-
dihydro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl) thiazole-4-carboxylate (5) from the reaction acetophenone with 3 …

Direct antibacterial and antibiotic resistance modulatory activity of chalcones synthesized from the natural product 2-hydroxy-3, 4, 6-trimethoxyacetophenone

TS Freitas, JC Xavier, RLS Pereira… - FEMS microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotic for clinical use lose its effectiveness over time due to bacterial resistance. In this
work, four chalcones with modifications in their ligands were synthesized from the natural …

Furan-based Chalcone Annihilates the Multi-Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Protects Zebra Fish Against its Infection

SPRR Nayak, C Basty, S Boopathi, LS Dhivya… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a multi-drug-resistant
bacteria, is becoming a serious public health concern. This bacterium infects …

Photophysical study and biological applications of synthetic chalcone-based fluorescent dyes

S Wangngae, K Chansaenpak, J Nootem, U Ngivprom… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
A chalcone series (3a–f) with electron push–pull effect was synthesized via a one-pot
Claisen–Schmidt reaction with a simple purification step. The compounds exhibited strong …

Biological effects and mechanisms of dietary chalcones: latest research progress, future research strategies, and challenges

YL Zhang, SJ Sun, L Zeng - Food & Function, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Dietary plants are an indispensable part of the human diet, and the various natural active
compounds they contain, especially polyphenols, polysaccharides, and amino acids, have …