Natural products – Page 6

Research
Arduous natural product quest's unwelcome end

2016-08-03T00:00:00Z

Thousands of experiments help find conditions to make (–)-maoecrystal V
Research
Mirror-image trick yields real hits from a virtual chemical library

2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

Scientists use mirror-image protein to identify potential new drugs from a previously unexplored library of natural product enantiomers
Feature
Molecule-making microbes

2015-11-13T00:00:00Z

Extracting terpene drugs from plants is difficult and wasteful, so pharma companies are looking to biosynthesis, as Emiliano Feresin discovers
Research
Smorgasbord of chemical blueprints located in plain pond algae

2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Transcriptome sequencing reveals Euglena’s unexpected metabolic capabilities
Research
How could a tree make tramadol?

2015-08-26T00:00:00Z

Contemplating nature’s biosynthetic abilities
Feature
Organic odysseys

2015-06-29T00:00:00Z

Andy Extance looks at two drugs that cranked the synthetic challenge all the way up to Halaven
Research
Espresso maker brews up tasty extraction

2015-05-13T00:00:00Z

Household appliance isolates flu drug raw material from star anise while minimising pigment contamination
Research
Terpene analogues bear safer pesticides

2015-05-11T00:00:00Z

Synthetic biology route to new versions of natural products, with surprising biological activities
Feature
High hopes

2015-02-03T00:00:00Z

Cannabinoids are finally coming out of the shadows and onto the shelves of pharmacies around the globe. Rachel Brazil reports
Feature
Chemistry in bloom

2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sarah Houlton discovers the chemistry among the specimens at many botanical gardens
Research
Painkiller found in plants may not be natural after all

2014-09-18T00:00:00Z

Cow pats from cattle fed tramadol could explain how the drug came to be in an African herb
Podcast
Chemistry World podcast - September 2014

2014-09-05T00:00:00Z

We speak to Paul Clarke about the challenges of natural product synthesis and discuss the pros and cons of perovskite solar cells
Feature
Unpicking natural product synthesis

2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Is total synthesis in danger of a decline? Nina Notman investigates
Podcast
Squalene

2014-07-02T00:00:00Z

It helps keep sharks afloat, but may be partly responsible for their declining numbers: Helen Scales introduces squalene
Podcast
Melatonin

2014-05-22T00:00:00Z

Meet melatonin, the ‘Dracula of hormones’, essential in regulating the body’s natural circadian rhythm
Podcast
Tannins

2014-04-30T00:00:00Z

They are the compounds that link leather trousers to a nice cup of tea - Brian Clegg introduces tannins
Podcast
Batrachotoxin

2014-03-26T00:00:00Z

Stephen Wallace introduces batrachotoxin, a deadly toxin that comes from a beautiful little frog
Podcast
Streptomycin

2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

Simon Cotton introduces the first antibiotic known to kill TB: streptomycin
Podcast
Conotoxins

2014-01-08T00:00:00Z

Helen Scales finds out how unique toxins found in deadly cone snail stings could herald the next generation of painkillers
Podcast
Hexenal

2013-11-27T00:00:00Z

For many, it’s the smell of spring and summer. But hexenal - responsible for the aroma of freshly cut grass - makes Simon Cotton think of cricket.