Nov 30, 2007
I’ve got a weird and wonderful mix of chemistry news again on the Reactive Reports site and my Alchemist column on ChemWeb.com
Barking Up the Right Tree for Fresh Breath – A traditional Chinese extract from the bark of the magnolia tree could give you fresh breath and kill off the oral microbes that cause halitosis.
Cats Don’t Work Like That – The three-way catalytic converter in your car does …
A new database of antioxidant values for a wide range of foods is now online. The main application will be in ongoing research on the purported health benefits of antioxidants. For example, many fruits and vegetables are known to be good sources of antioxidant vitamins, such as vitamin E, C, and beta-carotene, but these natural foods also contain other compounds, collectively known as phytonutrients, that may contribute to health effects. You can find the …
Nov 28, 2007
A new naturally derived artificial sweetener could soon hit the market, thanks to the development of a mass production technique devised by University of Wisconsin-Madison research Fariba Assadi-Porter. The sweetener, known as brazzein, is a 54 amino acid protein derived from an extract of the fruit of the tropical plant Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baillon. It has been eaten in West Africa across the millennia, but only recently caught the attention …
