Three newly identified compounds were found to strongly inhibit α-glucosidase, an enzyme that plays a central role in breaking down…
Analytical chemists from Stellenbosch University (SU) have provided the first evidence of a rare class of phenolics, called flavoalkaloids, in…
Traditionally, chemists have relied on well-established but limiting methods to synthesize these molecules. The new research, co-authored by Kevin Brown,…
Chemists at the University of Amsterdam have developed a method to furnish a range of molecules with a trifluoromethyl group…
Analysis of organic compounds -- calledpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) -- extracted from the Ryugu asteroid and Murchison meteorite has foundthat…
Mass spectrometers are high-tech machines that play an important role in our society. They are highly sensitive analytical instruments that…
Some of the thinnest materials known to humankind may provide solutions to scientists in their quest to curb the effects…