John Mann
ReviewTriumph of the heart: the story of statins
John Mann reviews this anecdotal and fact based text
FeatureSurvival of the fittest
Examples of natural products produced by organisms and plants to overcome competing species and predators provide chemical evidence for Darwin's legacy of natural selection
FeatureJesuits' powder and quinine
The powdered bark of the South American cinchona tree is the source of quinine - the mainstay treatment for malaria for centuries
FeatureBelladonna, broomsticks and brain chemistry
Poisonous plants such as deadly nightshade produce toxic tropane alkaloids. These chemicals have been exploited in magic, murder and the design of a host of useful therapeutic drugs
FeatureNatural products - back in vogue
Chemists are once again turning to Nature to replenish the medicine chest