On October 2, 2015, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s holding (1) that a substantially pure compound would have been obvious when a lesser pure compound (“the 50/50 mixture”) and the ...

Pure CBD or CBD isolate does not contain any tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). It may help ease anxiety and improve sleep, but it can be less potent than broad- and full-spectrum CBD. CBD A compound within ...

This month we feature chemicals that have important applications in industry and the lab.—Ed. Calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) is a natural product found in many settings, including the minerals aragonite 1 ...

Researchers of the Li Lab, led by Prof. Sijin Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, recently developed a new yeast-based screening method to identify key enzymes that synthesize medicinal ...

A method to recreate a rare class of plant-derived chemical compounds has the potential to be produced on an industrial scale for the food and flavour industries. Plant-derived diterpenoids, which ...

The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the earth's surface and provide a rich source of unique, bioactive natural products. Their chemical diversity and structural complexity represent an untapped ...

For millennia, naturally occurring metabolites have been used to treat human disease and improve health. Perhaps the most familiar natural products (NPs) in modern medicine comprise the wealth of ...