Chalcone hybrids and their antimalarial activity |
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| Authors: | Peng Cheng Linlin Yang Xiaodan Huang Xuejun Wang Maoqing Gong |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Shandong Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jining, Shandong, China;2. Department of Vector Biological Control, Jining Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jining, Shandong, China;3. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, China |
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| Abstract: | Malaria, one of the most striking, re-emerging infectious diseases caused by the genus Plasmodium, places a huge burden on global healthcare systems. A major challenge in the control and eradication of malaria is the continuous emergence of increasingly widespread drug-resistant malaria, creating an urgent need to develop novel antimalarial agents. Chalcone derivatives are ubiquitous in nature and have become indispensable units in medicinal chemistry applications due to their diverse biological profiles. Many chalcone derivatives demonstrate potential in vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity, so chalcone could be a useful template for the development of novel antimalarial agents. This review covers the recent development of chalcone hybrids as antimalarial agents. The critical aspects of the design and structure–activity relationship of these compounds are also discussed. |
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| Keywords: | antimalarial antiplasmodial chalcone hybrid compounds structure–activity relationship |
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