Medicinal chemistry – Page 71

  • Pink nitroglycerine tablets scattered on a black background
    Podcast

    Nitroglycerine

    2011-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Peter Wothers investigates a medicinal compound with a very explosive beginning

  • Balloon and nitrous oxide canister after use.
    Podcast

    Nitrous oxide

    2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

    From Preistley's early experiments to the latest 'hippy crack' phase, we take a look at the history of laughing gas

  • Mould on jam
    Podcast

    Penicillin

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    A world-changing antibacterial compound born from the horrors of war

  • Castor oil plant
    Podcast

    Ricin

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

  • Intravenous drip
    Podcast

    Salvarsan

    2010-12-22T00:00:00Z

    Giving us the history behind the first man-made chemotherapy agent, Phil Robinson talks us through Salvarsan

  • TETRACYCLINE generic drug pills in a prescription bottle
    Podcast

    Tetracycline

    2010-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton travels back to 1945 where a sample of Missouri soil produced a golden yellow antibiotic

  • cannabis plant
    Podcast

    Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

    2010-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Akshat Rathi introduces one of the key psychoactive ingredients in cannabis

  • Feature

    The birth of the pill

    2010-08-27T14:45:00Z

    Fifty years after its birth, John Mann reports on the conception and evolution of the contraceptive pill

  • Antibiotic tablets on a white table
    Podcast

    Vancomycin

    2010-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explains the chemistry behind vancomycin, an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections

  • Periodic table of the elements – 4 – Beryllium
    Podcast

    Beryllium

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Richard Van Noorden introduces an element that has given us gorgeous gemstones, spark proof tools for the oil industry and a deadly lung condition

  • Periodic table of the elements – 26 – Iron
    Podcast

    Iron

    2009-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Kary Mulllis discovers what makes metabolism possible

  • Ball-and-stick model of the indole molecule, a nitrogen heterocycle and a simple aromatic ring.
    News

    Heteroaromatic rings of the future

    2009-04-15T14:30:00Z

    A new computer program compiles library of untapped aromatic heterocycles

  • Periodic table of the elements – 30 – Zinc
    Podcast

    Zinc

    2008-04-09T00:00:00Z

    We're still very intimate with this element that was known to the ancients

  • Opinion

    How accidental discoveries shaped modern medicine

    2007-07-26T11:06:00Z

    Dylan Stiles is feeling lucky

  • Radiation warning sign reading "Walk in and drive in forbidden", Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant, Chelyabinsk, Russia
    News

    Polonium-210: A deadly element

    2006-12-21T08:51:00Z

    Litvinenko death sparks radiochemical investigation

  • A photograph of Albert Hofmann with an a model of the LSD molecule
    Feature

    LSD: cultural revolution and medical advances

    2005-12-22T21:06:00Z

    Albert Hofmann has largely faded from public view but his creation has become part of our cultural fabric. David Nichols reports

  • News

    A lucky man

    2003-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Fifty years ago, Sir Hans Krebs was awarded a Nobel prize for his contributions to biochemistry. Elizabeth Willcocks reflects on his life.