Aurones: Interesting natural and synthetic compounds with emerging biological potential

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-394

  Zwergel, Clemens ^a   Gaascht, François ^a,b   Valente, Sergio ^a   Diederich, Marc ^b   Bagrel, Denyse ^a   Kirsch, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE DU CANCER   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

2 Benzylidenebenzofuran 3(2H) ones; Aurones; Biological activity; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AURONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPARASITIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLOR; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; ISOMER; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; SKIN DISEASE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 84860770231     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1200700322     Document Type: Article

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