Chalcone
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A pale yellow crystalline ketone, 1,3-diphenyl-2-propen-1-one, C ₆ H ₅ CH=CHC(O)·C ₆ H ₅. More widely: any of a large class of ketones which are substituted derivatives of this and include many hydroxylated compounds involved in the synthesis of flavonoids by plants.
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