Title:Thoughtful Insights into the Therapeutic Armamentarium of Chalcones: 10 Years of Glorious Journey
VOLUME: 16 ISSUE: 6
Author(s):Swati Rathore, Shweta Mishra, Debarshi K. Mahapatra, Shailendra Patil and Asmita G. Patil*
Affiliation:Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, SVN Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Swami Vivekanand University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
Keywords:Chalcone, scaffold, heterocyclic, pharmacological, natural, chemistry.
Abstract:
Background: Naturally occurring chalcones afford diverse pharmacological activities such as
anticancer, anti-malarial, anti-inflammatory, anti-tubercular, anti-hypertensive, anti-arrhythmic, antidiabetic,
anti-angiogenic, anti-obesity, antiplatelet, anti-oxidant, hypolipidemic and anti-gout. They are
frequently being used by the various researchers to design and develop new synthetic chalcones and
many novel hybrid analogs as bioactive drugs. Many of these drugs are hybrid molecules, which are
designed through molecular hybridization theory, and have displayed multiple pharmacological and
medicinal aspects. This multi-effective feature of these hybrid derivatives makes them efficient and
ideal drug entities for the treatment of various dreadful diseases.
Methods: A structured search of published research literature from recognized standard medical databases
such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Google Patents, Scopus, etc., over the defined period of 10
years (January 2009 to December 2018) have been performed. Various reported heterocyclic chalcone
hybrids, their synthesis methods, plausible mechanism(s) of action(s), and probable structure-activity
relationships for the therapeutic applications in cancer, malaria, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, inflammation,
diabetes, microbial infection, and cardiovascular diseases remained the centre for attraction of this
article.
Results: The present review article focuses on chalcone hybrids with different heterocyclic moieties and
categorizing them on the basis of their pharmacology and therapeutic significance in the last ten years
and has proposed their structure-activity relationships.
Conclusion: Chalcone and their hybrids have largely been targeted for their anticancer, anti-malarial,
anti-inflammatory, anti-tubercular, antileishmaniasis, and anti-microbial activity. This comprehensive
study may assist the medicinal chemist to design and develop innovative chalcone hybrids with significant
therapeutic activity.