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Inside a plant's pharma factory

A newly discovered enzyme brings scientists one step closer to understanding how plants manufacture a molecule with potent medicinal properties.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Licorice may block effectiveness of drug widely used by transplant patients

Chemists in Taiwan are reporting that an ingredient in licorice — widely used in various foods and herbal medicines — appears to block the absorption of cyclosporine, a drug used by transplant patients to prevent organ rejection. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Injections of licorice ingredient show promise as treatment for cocaine addiction

An ingredient in licorice shows promise as an antidote for the toxic effects of cocaine abuse, including deadly overdoses of the highly addictive drug, researchers in Korea and Pennsylvania are reporting. Their study is in ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0