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ReviewChemical reviews2017

Chalcone: A Privileged Structure in Medicinal Chemistry.

Chunlin Zhuang, Wen Zhang, Chunquan Sheng, Wannian Zhang, Chengguo Xing, Zhenyuan Miao

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Review in Chemical reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 410 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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410citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

410 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Visible light promoted chalcone transformations and their prominence for the synthesis of functionalized molecules: a review.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026
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  9. Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Potential of the GenusPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  11. Evaluation of Chalcone (ACS omega · 2026
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  12. Special Issue "Novel Targeted Therapies and Drugs in Cancer".International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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350 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Chunlin ZhuangSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University , 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, China.
Wen ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University , 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, China.
Chunquan ShengSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University , 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9489-804X
Wannian ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University , 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, China.
Chengguo XingDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida , 1345 Center Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4266-6236
Zhenyuan MiaoSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University , 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, China.

Funding

Dihydromethysticin (DHM) for Lung Cancer ChemopreventionR01CA193278 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI XING, CHENGGUO · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
Mechanisms of Anticancer Agents Selective against Drug Resistant LeukemiaR01CA163864 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI XING, CHENGGUO · 2012 to 2016
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA163864NCI NIH HHS R01 CA193278
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Privileged structures have been widely used as an effective template in medicinal chemistry for drug discovery. Chalcone is a common simple scaffold found in many naturally occurring compounds. Many chalcone derivatives have also been prepared due to their convenient synthesis. These natural products and synthetic compounds have shown numerous interesting biological activities with clinical potentials against various diseases. This review aims to highlight the recent evidence of chalcone as a privileged scaffold in medicinal chemistry. Multiple aspects of chalcone will be summarized herein, including the isolation of novel chalcone derivatives, the development of new synthetic methodologies, the evaluation of their biological properties, and the exploration of the mechanisms of action as well as target identification. This review is expected to be a comprehensive, authoritative, and critical review of the chalcone template to the chemistry community.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological ProductsChalconeChemistry, PharmaceuticalDrug DiscoveryHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyBiological ProductsChalcone

Identifiers

PMID28488435
PMCPMC6131713

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