Looking at the chemical and physiological properties of vitamin C and at how it intervenes in many biochemical processes
Vitamin C Deficiency – Part 3
Vitamin C Deficiency – Part 2
When scurvy was identified as a form of malnutrition, an exciting race for the isolation, structure determination, and synthesis of vitamin C started
Vitamin C Deficiency
It took hundred of years and a long sequence of small advantages and missed opportunities to discover the importance of vitamin C
The Oktoberfest Rearrangement: Part 3
The chemistry involved in the production of beer foam or "head" is explained and a short history of the highights of the Oktoberfest
The Oktoberfest Rearrangement: Part 2
As hops themselves actually are not bitter, and the wort tastes quite sweet, where does beer get its bitter taste from?
The Oktoberfest Rearrangement
A closer look at the chemical role hops play in the beer-brewing process shows how beer owes its marvelous flavor to a great deal of chemistry
From Pharmacy to the Pub — A Bark Conquers the World: Part 4
What does quinine do to counteract malaria?
From Pharmacy to the Pub — A Bark Conquers the World: Part 3
The long road from the structure determination to the total synthesis of quinine is an exciting detective story
From Pharmacy to the Pub — A Bark Conquers the World: Part 2
Thomas Buchler, CEO of the quinine producer Buchler & Co., talks about the ups and downs of the international cinchona trade
From Pharmacy to the Pub — A Bark Conquers the World: Part 1
The quinine-containing bark of the Cinchona tree is probably the most valuable drug the Americas gave the world