The chemical breakdown & Chemistry in its element

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Ghrelin: Chemistry in its element Aug 10, 2016

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Is there a single hormone that causes hunger, and is this it?

Prodiginines: Chemistry in its element Aug 03, 2016

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When the communion bread starts secreting blood, could this be the cause?

Taurine: Chemistry in its element Jul 26, 2016

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Kat Arney tells us about the active ingredient in energy drinks

Picric acid: Chemistry in its element Jul 20, 2016

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A yellow dress, of the type worn by Jane Austen, sets Michael Freemantle exploring the chemistry of picric acid

Spilanthol: Chemistry in its element Jul 14, 2016

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It's the active molecule in the plant known as electric daisies or the toothache plant but it might also make your skin smoother

Thiomersal: Chemistry in its element Jul 06, 2016

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Kat Arney introduces the organomercury preservative associated with the current controversy around vaccines

Ammonium carbonate: Chemistry in its element Jun 29, 2016

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Ever taken a whiff of smelling salts? For many years, the compound that contributed the pungent pong was ammonium carbonate

Asafoetida: Chemistry in its element Jun 22, 2016

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With a name that literally means rotten resin, asafoetida is a surprising food additive and deodorant

Methyl isocyanate: Chemistry in its element Jun 15, 2016

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The 1984 accident at Bhopal, India, was the worst in the history of industrial chemistry. It involved a leak of methyl isocyanate

Shikimic acid: Chemistry in its element Jun 08, 2016

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Kat Arney introduces a biologically ubiquitous compound, important in beating both infectious viruses and invasive weeds

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