Naringenin chalcone[1] is a common chalconoid (or chalcone, not to be confused with the compound chalcone).

It is synthesized from 4-coumaroyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA by chalcone synthase (CHS), a key enzyme in the phenylpropanoid pathway.

Naringenin chalcone can spontaneously cyclize to naringenin (a flavanone).

In plant cells, this process is catalyzed by chalcone isomerase.

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