The makeup of our microbiomes — the unique communities of bacteria, viruses and other microbes that live in and on us — have been linked, with varying degrees of evidence, to everything from inflammatory bowel disease to athletic performance. But exactly how could such tiny organisms have such immense influences on a person? : UniversityContinue reading “How resident microbes restructure body chemistry”
Category Archives: phytochemistry
Plant-derived SVC112 hits cancer stem cells, leaves healthy cells alone
The red, tube-shaped flowers of the firecracker bush (Bouvardia ternifolia), native to Mexico and the American Southwest, attract hummingbirds. The bush also provides the chemical bouvardin, which the lab of University of Colorado Cancer Center and CU Boulder researcher, Tin Tin Su, PhD, and others have shown to slow a cancer’s ability to make proteinsContinue reading “Plant-derived SVC112 hits cancer stem cells, leaves healthy cells alone”
How is Chemoinformatics Used in Drug Discovery?
Chemoinformatics is a relatively new principle of chemistry and is based upon the processing of data concerning chemical and molecular structures through the use of computational analysis. The analysis of these data allows the relationship between chemical structure, chemical properties, and molecular activity to be studied. It is an in silico technique, which means itContinue reading “How is Chemoinformatics Used in Drug Discovery?”
Webinar on Pharmaceutical Chemistry 