The present invention relates to chalcone and chalcone derivatives and analogs which are useful as angiogenesis inhibitors. The present compounds, which are inexpensive to synthesize, exhibit unexpectedly good activity as angiogenesis inhibitors. The present invention also relates to the use of chalcone and its analogs as antitumor/anticancer agents and to treat a number of conditions or disease states in which angiogenesis is a factor, incluidng angiongenic skin diseases such as psoriasis, acne, rosacea, warts, eczema, hemangiomas, lymphangiogenesis, among numerous others, as well as chronic inflammatory disease such as arthritis.
本发明涉及
查尔酮和
查尔酮衍
生物及类似物,其可用作抗血管生成
抑制剂。这些化合物成本低廉且表现出意外的良好抗血管生成活性。本发明还涉及使用
查尔酮及其类似物作为抗肿瘤/抗癌剂以及治疗许多条件或疾病状态,其中血管生成是一个因素,包括血管生成性皮肤病如
银屑病、痤疮、酒渣鼻、疣、湿疹、血管瘤、淋巴管生成等等,以及慢性炎症性疾病如关节炎。