TABLE 6.

Some biological activities of 2-styrylchromones.

Biological activity	Specific effect (s)	Chemical structure
Antiallergenic	Inhibition of histamine release from passively sensitized rat peritoneal cells
Antitumor	Cytotoxicity to tumor cell lines
	Tumor-specific cytotoxic effect and tumor-specific antiproliferative effect
	Antiproliferative effect against human carcinoma cell lines
Antiviral	Activity against human rhinoviruses (HRV)
Antioxidant	Protective activity against the tert-butylhydroperoxide from proxidant hepatotoxicity in rat hepatocytes and scavenging impact of ROS and reactive nitrogen species
Anti-inflammatory	Inhibition of COX-1 activity
	Inhibition of LTB4 production in human neutrophils

(adapted from Gomes et al., 2010).