Abstract A series of new pyrazoline compounds bearing a pyridyl moiety (4a–i) were synthesized by condensing appropriate chalcones with hydrazine hydrate and tested for antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. According to in vitro antimicrobial activity against Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum and antioxidant activity by DPPH method, ...
