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Macrocycles in Medicine: Total Synthesis of the Ipomoeassins (All Things Metathesis)

Its not surprising that a natural product with promising therapeutic activities will quickly become a target for total synthesis by academics and medicinal chemists alike. Furthermore, its no longer surprising that if the natural product in question contains… [...]

Antioxidants, fingerprint testing, peers September 8, 2010
These are the latest science news links and snippets from Sciencebase: Healthy antioxidants may do more harm than good – This has been my hunch for years. Now, scientists (J Agric Food Chem, ACS) are calling for more research on the possibility that some supposedly healthy plant-based antioxidants – including those that supposedly prevent cancer [...]Antioxi […]
Sciencetext Tech Talk favorites for September 4th through September 8th September 8, 2010
The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy "For thinking laymen." The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy "For thinking laymen." These are my latest tech news finds for this week: Psonar – Your music. Your way – Coud Psonar be the "eBay of music" and what on earth do the creators [...]Post from: David Brad […]
Phantom radiation protection September 8, 2010
Ionizing radiation exists as either subatomic particles (alpha and beta particles, and neutrons) or photons (electromagnetic waves at X-ray and gamma ray wavelengths, i.e. energies of a few electron volts). The energy from such radiation can strip electrons from atoms or molecules, thus ionizing them, but it has to have an energy above a certain [...]Phantom […]

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Macrocycles in Medicine: Total Synthesis of the Ipomoeassins (All Things Metathesis)

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