All Medicinal chemistry articles – Page 4
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FeatureAfrica’s gift to the world
Raymond Cooper and Jeffrey Deakin explain how a tiny plant from Madagascar, known as the rosy periwinkle, is helping in the fight against cancer
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Which Compound? Which Route?
This exercise leads students through the decision-making process when choosing which new drug substance to make and the best synthetic route.
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QuantiCorp R&D: new products
This C/PBL resource involves an investigation into catalysis and conducting polymers for the production of biosensors. Students are challenged to develop a biosensor based on a conducting polymer in the context of an R D department in a high-tech company.
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Controlling the quality of herbal medicines
Matthew Almond and Samantha Atkinson discuss how the British Pharmacopoeia aids the quality control of medicines made from herbs
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Modern applications
Inspirational chemistry book chapter ‘Modern applications’. This chapter suggests games, activities, practicals and demonstrations for teaching various topics, such as observing reactions, making new medicines and composite materials.
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The Mole
High hopes for hydrogels
It’s amazing what chemists can do with a jelly-like material that’s mostly water, says Bea Perks
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Nanotechnology
The Inspirational chemistry chapter ‘Nanotechnology’. This chapter suggests games, activities, practicals and demonstrations for teaching various topics, including ways that nanotechnology can improve our everyday lives.
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Industrial chemistry case studies book
This book presents material on the UK chemical and pharmaceutical industries Using a case study approach, with questions and answers included, there are real-life examples drawn from industrial areas including the nuclear industry, pharmaceuticals and steel making. These resources are for free via Learn Chemistry. Follow the links below to ...
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The fluorofen problem
The exercises in this book can be used to address aspects of communication skills, or can be run as a complete module. This section focuses on team work.
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The Mole
Comic chemistry
For some it’s the source of their powers, for others their only weakness. Ben Valsler explores the chemical story at the heart of many comic book characters
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Good chemistry
There are all sorts of ways chemists can use their skills to aid global development, writes Josh Howgego
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Re-arming the antibiotic arsenal
With drug-resistant bacteria constantly in the news, what is being done to develop better treatments? Phillip Broadwith takes a look
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Faces of Chemistry – Reckitt Benckiser: Gaviscon
Go behind the scenes of the Research and Development department that created Gaviscon.
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