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 …

Synthetic non-toxic anti-biofilm agents as a strategy in combating bacterial resistance

RM Hassan, MS Abd El-Maksoud, IAY Ghannam… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The tremendous increase in the bacterial resistance to the available antibiotics is a serious
problem for the treatment of various infections. Biofilm formation in bacteria significantly …

1, 2, 3-Triazole-Chalcone hybrids: Synthesis, in vitro cytotoxic activity and mechanistic investigation of apoptosis induction in multiple myeloma RPMI-8226

HF Ashour, LA Abou-Zeid, AA Magda… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract A new series of 1, 2, 3-triazole-chalcone hybrids has been synthesized and
screened in vitro against a panel of 60 human cancer cell lines according to NCI (USA) …

Synthetic and Semisynthetic Compounds as Antibacterials Targeting Virulence Traits in Resistant Strains: A Narrative Updated Review

D Stojković, J Petrović, T Carević, M Soković, K Liaras - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
This narrative review paper provides an up-to-date overview of the potential of novel
synthetic and semisynthetic compounds as antibacterials that target virulence traits in …

Regulation and controlling the motility properties of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

F Khan, DTN Pham, SF Oloketuyi, YM Kim - Applied microbiology and …, 2020 - Springer
Chronic infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been a major concern as their
spread and mortality continue to be on the rise. These infections are majorly attributed to …

Design, synthesis, characterization, and anticancer activity of a novel series of O-substituted chalcone derivatives

B Ngameni, K Cedric, AT Mbaveng, M Erdoğan… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
A new series of O-substituted chalcone derivatives bearing an/a allyl-, prenyl-or propargyl-
substituent at different positions of rings A and B and their derivatives as drug leads, was …

Direct synthesis, characterization, in vitro and in silico studies of simple chalcones as potential antimicrobial and antileishmanial agents

H ur Rashid, S Khan, Irum, A Khan… - Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Chalcone represents a vital biosynthetic scaffold owing to its numerous therapeutic effects.
The present study was intended to synthesize 17 chalcone derivatives (3a–q) by direct …

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 …

Chalcones with potential antibacterial and antibiofilm activities against periodontopathogenic bacteria

AAC Satokata, JH Souza, LLO Silva, MB Santiago… - Anaerobe, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Periodontitis is a pathology resulting from complex interaction of microorganisms
in the dental biofilm with the host's immune system. Increased use of antibiotics associated …

Quorum quenching activity of pentacyclic triterpenoids leads to inhibition of biofilm formation by Acinetobacter baumannii

S Paul Bhattacharya, A Mitra, A Bhattacharya, A Sen - Biofouling, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The quorum quenching (QQ) potential of three pentacyclic triterpenoids, glycyrrhetinic acid
(GRA), ursolic acid (UA) and betulinic acid (BA), representing distinct groups of compounds …