“…Chalcones (I) are natural products, the biosynthetic precursors of flavonoids, a large family of plant phenolic secondary metabolites [1,2]. Because of the wide range of beneficial biological actions of the natural chalcones, several analogs have been synthesized and-among others-tested for their antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiprotozoal, antiulcer, antihistaminic, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and neuroprotective activities [3][4][5][6].…”