molecules Article Exploring the 20-Hydroxy-Chalcone Framework for the Development of Dual Antioxidant and Soybean Lipoxygenase Inhibitory Agents Ioanna Kostopoulou 1, Andromachi Tzani 1, Nestor-Ioannis Polyzos 1, Maria-Anna Karadendrou 1, Eftichia Kritsi 2,3, Eleni Pontiki 4, Thalia Liargkova 4, Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina 4 , Panagiotis Zoumpoulakis 2,3 and Anastasia Detsi 1,* 1 Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Heroon Polytechniou 9, Zografou Campus, 15780 Athens, Greece;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +30-210-7724126 0 Citation: Kostopoulou, I.; Tzani, A.; Abstract: 2 -hydroxy-chalcones are naturally occurring compounds with a wide array of bioactiv- Polyzos, N.-I.; Karadendrou, M.-A.; ity. In an effort to delineate the structural features that favor antioxidant and lipoxygenase (LOX) Kritsi, E.; Pontiki, E.; Liargkova, T.; inhibitory activity, the design, synthesis, and bioactivity profile of a series of 20-hydroxy-chalcones Hadjipavlou-Litina, D.; bearing diverse substituents on rings A and B, are presented.