Natural products – Page 7

  • Golden poison frog
    Podcast

    Batrachotoxin

    2014-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing in petri dish
    Podcast

    Streptomycin

    2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

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

  • Cone snail, Cyprus
    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

  • Lawnmower
    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.

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    Opinion

    Natural born chemists

    2013-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Redesigning nature’s catalysts is tantalising but tricky, says Derek Lowe

  • Spanish fly
    Podcast

    Spanish fly

    2013-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Helen Scales looks at cantharidin, the active ingredient in this famous aphrodisiac

  • absinthe
    Podcast

    Thujone

    2013-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Wrongly blamed for murders and hallucinations, Simon Cotton raises a glass of absinthe to this week’s compound: Thujone

  • 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

  • Opinion

    Fashion drives natural product synthesis target selection

    2007-10-26T11:23:00Z

    Total synthesis is not immune to the vagaries of fickle fashion, says Dylan Stiles

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    Opinion

    Why synthetic organic chemistry is the ultimate creative process

    2006-10-30T11:02:00Z

    Dylan Stiles explains why he loves to go skydiving in a lab coat