Natural products – Page 7

  • Sperm whale
    Podcast

    Ambergris

    2013-09-18T00:00:00Z

    How can whale waste make you a fortune? This week, Helen Scales searches for Ambergris

  • Deadly Nightshade
    Podcast

    Atropine

    2013-09-04T00:00:00Z

    The poison from deadly nightshade, used in a recent attempted murder - Dan Johnson introduces atropine

  • Botox injection
    Podcast

    Botox

    2013-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Just 50 grams could kill everyone on the planet, but we have it injected into our faces. David Lindsay on Botox

  • Grapes and wine
    Podcast

    Resveratrol

    2013-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Can a compound in red wine protect against heart attack and cancer? Phillip Broadwith investigates resveratrol

  • Foxgloves in bloom
    Podcast

    Digoxin

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Emma Stoye on digoxin, a toxic product of foxgloves, and the birth of modern pharmacology

  • Castor oil plant
    Podcast

    Ricin

    This highly effective natural poison has been linked to assassinations and as a tool for would-be terrorists

  • cannabis plant
    Podcast

    Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

    2010-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Akshat Rathi introduces one of the key psychoactive ingredients in cannabis