X-ray Structure Determination, Antioxidant Voltammetry Studies of Butein and 2′,4′-Dihydroxy-3,4-dimethoxychalcone. Computational Studies of 4 Structurally Related 2′,4′-diOH Chalcones to Examine Their Antimalarial Activity by Binding to Falcipain-2

Malaria is a huge global health burden with resistance to currently available medicines resulting in the search for newer antimalarial compounds from traditional medicinal plants in malaria-endemic regions. Previous studies on two chalcones, homobutein and 5-prenylbutein, present in <i>E. abys...

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Main Authors: Ijeoma Okoye, Sandra Yu, Francesco Caruso, Miriam Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/21/6511