compounds

Newly discovered coffee compounds beat diabetes drug in lab tests

Three newly identified compounds were found to strongly inhibit α-glucosidase, an enzyme that plays a central role in breaking down…

1 month ago

Don’t toss cannabis leaves. Scientists just found rare compounds inside

Analytical chemists from Stellenbosch University (SU) have provided the first evidence of a rare class of phenolics, called flavoalkaloids, in…

5 months ago

Groundbreaking light-driven method to create key drug compounds

Traditionally, chemists have relied on well-established but limiting methods to synthesize these molecules. The new research, co-authored by Kevin Brown,…

11 months ago

PFAS-free synthesis of fluorinated pharmaceutical and agrochemical compounds

Chemists at the University of Amsterdam have developed a method to furnish a range of molecules with a trifluoromethyl group…

1 year ago

Organic compounds in asteroids formed in colder regions of space

Analysis of organic compounds -- calledpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) -- extracted from the Ryugu asteroid and Murchison meteorite has foundthat…

2 years ago

Charged ‘molecular beasts’ the basis for new compounds

Mass spectrometers are high-tech machines that play an important role in our society. They are highly sensitive analytical instruments that…

2 years ago

Two-dimensional compounds can capture carbon from the air

Some of the thinnest materials known to humankind may provide solutions to scientists in their quest to curb the effects…

2 years ago