A team of chemists has unveiled a novel method to simplify the synthesis of piperidines, a key structural component in many pharmaceuticals. The study combines biocatalytic carbon-hydrogen oxidation ...

A team of chemists from Scripps Research and Rice University has unveiled a novel method to simplify the synthesis of piperidines, a key structural component in many pharmaceuticals. The study, ...

Researchers have decoded the genetic blueprint of Penicillium citrinum, a common citrus mold, to uncover how nature produces cyclopentachromone -- a key building block for bioactive compounds with ...

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Philipp Klahn, Senior Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology Inspired by nature’s design, Philipp Klahn’s research focuses on the synthesis of bioactive molecules and drugs, with a ...

A healing herb—otherwise known as a medicinal plant—is either collected from the wild or intentionally grown and used for a wide range of benefits. Some are traditionally used to reduce stress, ...

A new Penington Institute report estimates Australians spent a record $400 million on medicinal cannabis in the first half of 2024. The Institute's CEO says some medicinal cannabis clinics had ...

We are taking cross-sector action in writing to government ministers, as the UK urgently needs a strategic, joined-up approach, led by central Government, for the use and management of materials in ...

Having occupied a state-of-the-art building, merged the Departments of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, and added several recent faculty, the research activity of the medicinal chemistry program is ...

Green chemistry involves the development of chemical products and processes that minimize the use and generation of hazardous and unwanted substances. Synthetic chemistry approaches for direct C ...

Both methods combine a catalyst with some relatively simple chemistry driven by the energy ... which is necessary for products’ shelf life. Medicinal chemists are trying to make drug molecules ...

1 Genentech, South San Francisco, California, U.S.A. 2 Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, U.S.A. Joachim Rudolph and Will Watkins, Editors-In-Chief, the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry, and ...