“…The term chalcone is used to name compounds characterized by the presence of 1,3-diphenyl-2-propen-1-one subunit [21]. Chalcones and their derivatives exhibit many activities (anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, cytotoxic, antibacterial, analgesic, antipyretic, antihepatotoxic, antimalarial, and anti-allergic) [22,23,24]. Chalcones play the role of pharmacophore in many natural products such as cumarin, flavokawain, milepachin, and xanthohumol [25].…”