Xanthohumol (XN) and cardamonin (CD) belong to the chemical class of chalcones which are phenolic
compounds of large interest due to their health promoting properties. In the present work, their electrochemical
behavior on a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) is compared to trans-chalcone by
means of cyclic voltammetry (CV). The electrochemical reductions of XN and CD are overall irreversible
processes with a mixed adsorptive and diffusive response. All the substituents that XN and CD possess
seem to stabilize the ethylenic linkage between the aryl groups making the compound’s reduction more
difficult to occur.