Chemical and structural properties of chalcones I

Fabad Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 223-242

  Evranos Aksöz, Begüm ^a   Ertan, Rahmiye ^b  

^a Medicines and Medical Devices Agency Analyses and Control Laboratories   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chalcones; Conformational structure; Reactions; Review; Synthesize

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897462316     PISSN: 13004182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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