News tagged with polyketides
Novel natural product from environmental DNA: Erdacin is a powerful antioxidant
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have not yet found a way to turn dirt into gold, but they are trying to find something valuable in it nonetheless: starting materials for novel pharmaceuticals.
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Genes culled from desert soils suggest potential medical resource
Despite their ecologic similarity, soils from three geographically distinct areas of the American southwest harbor vastly different collections of small, biosynthetic genes, a finding that suggests the existence of a far ...
May 21, 2012 |
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Friendly Fungi: Elucidating the fungal biosynthesis of stipitatic acid
(Phys.org) -- In a tale worthy of Sherlock Holmes, scientists in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol, UK have solved a biochemical mystery that had previously proven elusive for 70 years: ...
May 18, 2012 |
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Scientists develop new class of small molecules through innovative chemistry
Inspired by natural products, scientists on the Florida campus of the Scripps Research Institute have created a new class of small molecules with the potential to serve as a rich foundation for drug discovery.
Nov 20, 2011 |
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Cystic fibrosis bacteria could help fight back against antibiotic resistance
(PhysOrg.com) -- A bacteria which infects people with cystic fibrosis could help combat other antibiotic-resistant microbes, according to a team from Cardiff and Warwick Universities.
May 27, 2011 |
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Keeping beer fresh longer
Researchers are reporting discovery of a scientific basis for extending the shelf life of beer so that it stays fresh and tastes good longer. For the first time, they identified the main substances that cause the bitter, ...
Apr 13, 2011 |
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The future of metabolic engineering -- designer molecules, cells and microorganisms
(PhysOrg.com) -- Will we one day design and create molecules, cells and microorganisms that produce specific chemical products from simple, readily-available, inexpensive starting materials? Will the synthetic ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Deadly Carcinogen Unraveled
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the bright X-ray beam of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, researchers have unveiled the mystery behind one of the deadliest toxins that causes liver cancer.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 04, 2010 |
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Researchers develop cheap, easy 'kitchen chemistry' to perform formerly complex synthesis
A team at The Scripps Research Institute has made major strides in solving a problem that has been plaguing chemists for many years: how best to break carbon-hydrogen bonds and then to create new bonds to join molecules together. ...
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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Researchers reconstitute enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol drug lovastatin
Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time successfully reconstituted in the laboratory the enzyme responsible for producing the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering ...
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Trigger of deadly food toxin discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- A toxin produced by mold on nuts and grains can cause liver cancer if consumed in large quantities. UC Irvine researchers for the first time have discovered what triggers the toxin to form, ...
Oct 21, 2009 |
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