Chalcone synthesis, properties and medicinal applications: a review

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Aluru Rammohan1, Jhansi Reddy2, G. Sravya3, C. Narasimha Rao4, Grigory V. Zyryanov5
1Department of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, 620002
2National Health Research Institute, Zhunan, Taiwan
3Department of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
4Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India
5Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Street, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation

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