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Chemists discover novel, highly effective anticancer agents with tridimensional structures

A research team co-led by chemists from City University of Hong Kong recently discovered novel, highly effective anticancer agents with tridimensional structures, which have high anticancer activity, low toxicity and the ability to overcome drug resistance in cancer cells.

7 Apr 2023

Researchers discover method to synthesize useful and unique compounds

Researchers in Japan discovered a method to synthesize useful and unique compounds called N−C axially chiral compounds.

17 Feb 2021

Researchers design new chemical tool with high configurational stability, catalytic activity

Researchers have designed and built a new chemical tool inspired by natural metal-containing enzymes in living organisms. The product, a tetrahedral "chiral zinc", maintains its shape for years, providing a new structure with exciting possibilities for manufacturing pharmaceuticals and optical electronics.

15 Dec 2020

Scientists design chiral ligands to generate useful compounds

Currently, various therapeutic compounds in the market, such as proteins, enzymes, and amino acids, are "chiral compounds"--molecules with two structures that are "mirror" images of each other but cannot be superimposed.

30 Jun 2020

New book series on current and future developments in food science

Advances in the Determination of Xenobiotics in Foods is the first volume of the new book series, Current and Future Developments in Food Science.

8 Nov 2019

New EU-funded project helping to develop safer, more effective medicines

Chiral pharmaceuticals are widely used in clinical treatments and agriculture. They include non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, Î²-blockers for reducing blood pressure, and herbicides and pesticides.

22 Jul 2019

Expediting HPLC Method Development in Pharmaceutical Analysis

In this interview, Michael Dong discusses stability-indicating methods such as UHPLC, in pharmaceutical analysis. At Pittcon, Michael will introduce a 3-pronged template approach to HPLC method development.

From Pittcon 30 Jan 2019

Compound bearing hidden chirality can trigger autocatalytic preparation of chiral organic intermediates

The preparation of chiral compounds as intermediates in drug synthesis is one of the most important targets in synthetic organic chemistry.

20 Oct 2016

New organocatalyst now available for drug development industry

A new "organocatalyst" developed at Oregon State University is now available for commercial use. Produced by an Albany, Ore., pharmaceutical company, it should make new drug development around the world less costly, more efficient and more environmentally friendly.

12 May 2011

Isocitric acid from fermentation of sunflower oil - a new building block for pharma?

The citric acid cycle, one of the most important metabolic processes in our bodies, was formulated in 1937. Since then, all of the intermediates have been produced in multigram quantities - with one exception, (2 R,3S)-isocitric acid.

4 Feb 2008