2. p-Coumaroyl-CoA, caffeoyl-CoA and feruloyl-CoA were found to be efficient substrates of the synthase. The products formed were naringenin (5,7,4'-trihydroxyflavanone), eriodictyol (5,7,3',4'-tetrahydroxyflavanone) and homoeriodictyol (5,7,4'-trihydroxy-3'-methoxyflavanone), re­ spectively. Addition of thiol reagents at concentrations exceeding 10~ 3 m caused inhibition of the enzyme. “Releas...

A novel series of nine indolyl pyrazoline pharmacophore were synthesized by the reaction of hydrazine hydrate derivatives with the synthesized chalcones (C4,C5,C6). The chalcones were synthesized by the Claisen Schimdt condensation method. These pyrazoline derivatives were evaluated for anti-inflammatory activity using Carrageenan induced paw oedema method. The activity profile reveals that the...

Flavonoids and biochemically-related chalcones are important secondary metabolites, which are ubiquitously present in plants and therefore also in human food. They fulfill a broad range of physiological functions in planta and there are numerous reports about their physiological relevance for humans. Flavonoids have in common a basic C(6)-C(3)-C(6) skeleton structure consisting of two aromatic ...

Chalcones (1, 3, diaryl-2-propen-1-ones), are one of the plant secondary metabolite belonging to flavonoid family and has been widely explored in past decennium for its various pharmacological activities including antimalarial activity. Plasmodium aspartate proteases and cysteine proteases are the promising targets in malarial chemotherapy to overcome the drug resistance. Chalcones supposed to ...

Base catalysed condensation of ketone 5 with different aldehydes give chalcones, 2.4-bis-(phenylamino)-6-[4'-{3''-(4'''-substituted phenyl/2'''-furanyl/2'''-thienyl)-2''-propenon-1''-yl}phenylamino]-s-thriazines 6a-e. These chalcones on cyclization with hydrazine hydrate in the presence of glacial acetic acid, guanidine nitrate in the presence of alkali and malononitrile in the presence of ammo...

Chalcone synthase was isolated from both anthers of Tulipa cv. “Apeldoorn” and petals of Cosmos sulphureus Cav. After certain prepurification steps, the enzymes were further purified using gel chromatography on Sephadex G-200 followed by repeated hydroxylapatite absorption chromatography. Both the enzymes showed the same chromatographic properties. After gel chromatography as well as after the ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious public health problem aggravated by the emergence of M. tuberculosis (Mtb) strains resistant to multiple drugs (MDR). Delay in TB treatment, common in the MDR-TB cases, can lead to deleterious life-threatening inflammation in susceptible hyper-reactive individuals, encouraging the discovery of new anti-Mtb drugs and the use of adjunctive therapy based on anti...

BACKGROUND Natural chalcones and also their synthetic derivatives have attracted increasing attention due to various pharmacological applications. Development and discovery of new chalcones with antioxidant activities is one of the attracting areas in medicinal and natural product chemistry. OBJECTIVES In the present study, a new series of pyridine based chalcones was synthesized and their an...

Chalcones belong to the flavonoid class of phenolic compounds. They form one largest groups bioactive natural products. The potential anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antiparasitic properties naturally occurring chalcones, their unique chemical structural features inspired synthesis numerous chalcone derivatives. In fact, chalcones are easy construct from simple ar...

Chalcones, which have characteristic 1,3-diaryl-2-propen-1-one skeleton, are mainly produced in roots, rhizomes, heartwood, leaves, and seeds of genera Angelica, Sophora, Glycyrrhiza, Humulus, Scutellaria, Parartocarpus, Ficus, Dorstenia, Morus, Artocarpus, and so forth. They have become of interest in the research and development of natural antitumor agents over the past decades due to their b...