Searching for new cytotoxic agents based on chromen-4-one and chromane-2,4-dione scaffolds

• Main Authors: Alexandra Gaspar (Author), Maryam Mohabbati (Author), Fernando Cagide (Author), Nima Razzaghi-Asl (Author), Ramin Miri (Author), Omidreza Firuzi (Author), Fernanda Borges (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cancer is a major cause of death worldwide and novel anticancer agents for its better management are much needed. Benzopyrone-based compounds, such as chromones, possess several distinctive chemical and biological properties, of which the cytotoxicity against cancer cells seems to be prominent. In t...