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Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Volume 2016, Article ID 6301712, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6301712
Research Article

The Plant-Derived Chalcone 2,2′,5′-Trihydroxychalcone Provides Neuroprotection against Toll-Like Receptor 4 Triggered Inflammation in Microglia

Manasi Jiwrajka,1 Alexandra Phillips,2 Matt Butler,2 Miriam Rossi,3 and Jennifer M. Pocock2

1Mayne Medical School, 288 Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
2Department of Neuroinflammation, University College London Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London WC1N 1PK, UK
3Department of Chemistry, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0484, USA

Received 20 July 2015; Accepted 30 September 2015

Academic Editor: Felipe Dal Pizzol

Copyright © 2016 Manasi Jiwrajka et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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