Natural products – Page 6
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ResearchSmorgasbord of chemical blueprints located in plain pond algae
Transcriptome sequencing reveals Euglena’s unexpected metabolic capabilities
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FeatureOrganic odysseys
Andy Extance looks at two drugs that cranked the synthetic challenge all the way up to Halaven
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ResearchEspresso maker brews up tasty extraction
Household appliance isolates flu drug raw material from star anise while minimising pigment contamination
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ResearchTerpene analogues bear safer pesticides
Synthetic biology route to new versions of natural products, with surprising biological activities
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FeatureHigh hopes
Cannabinoids are finally coming out of the shadows and onto the shelves of pharmacies around the globe. Rachel Brazil reports
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FeatureChemistry in bloom
Sarah Houlton discovers the chemistry among the specimens at many botanical gardens
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ResearchPainkiller found in plants may not be natural after all
Cow pats from cattle fed tramadol could explain how the drug came to be in an African herb
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - September 2014
We speak to Paul Clarke about the challenges of natural product synthesis and discuss the pros and cons of perovskite solar cells
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FeatureUnpicking natural product synthesis
Is total synthesis in danger of a decline? Nina Notman investigates
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PodcastBatrachotoxin
Stephen Wallace introduces batrachotoxin, a deadly toxin that comes from a beautiful little frog
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PodcastConotoxins
Helen Scales finds out how unique toxins found in deadly cone snail stings could herald the next generation of painkillers
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OpinionNatural born chemists
Redesigning nature’s catalysts is tantalising but tricky, says Derek Lowe
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PodcastSpanish fly
Helen Scales looks at cantharidin, the active ingredient in this famous aphrodisiac
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