The molecule is an extended flavonoid resulting from the formal fusion of a benzene ring with the h side of flavone. A synthetic compound, it is an inhibitor of aromatase (EC 1.14.14.14). It has a role as an EC 1.14.14.14 (aromatase) inhibitor, an aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonist and an aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist. It is an organic heterotricyclic compound, an extended flavonoid and a naphtho-gamma-pyrone.
2-phenylbenzo[h]chromen-4-one