“…They have also proven successful in reducing lipids, with no associated toxicity in the tested model, uncovering potential anti-obesity activity [ 6 ]. Moreover, thioxanthones have been investigated in the last decades for their antitumor activity [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ] and have also been studied for their photoinitiator features [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ]. Hycanthone ( 2 , Figure 1 ) and its prodrug, lucanthone ( 3 , Figure 1 ), were the first thioxanthones introduced in therapy as antischistosomal agents [ 1 , 15 , 16 ].…”