A hidden antibiotic, forged inside a familiar microbe and overlooked for years, has turned out to be roughly 100 times more ...

A powerful new antibiotic candidate has been hiding in plain sight inside a well known bacterial compound, and in early lab ...

Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) are multidomain modular biosynthetic assembly lines that polymerize amino acids into a myriad of biologically active nonribosomal peptides (NRPs). NRPS ...

Chemists' technique for turning cheap dicarboxylic acids into complex lactones could boost industries from pharmaceuticals to plastics. Chemists at Scripps Research have unveiled a method for turning ...

A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It ...

New research suggests that muscle weakness and related side effects that can arise from statin use is likely due to the drug’s effect on the energy production centers, or mitochondria, of muscle cells ...

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All four stereoisomers of whiskey lactone, or β-methyl-γ-octalactone, are found in nature—specifically, in oak wood used to make barrels for aging whiskeys, wines, and brandies. The (+)-trans isomer ...

Unités du SI & CNTP, sauf indication contraire. Le glucono delta-lactone (delta-gluconolactone) est une lactone naturellement présente dans la nature. Il est utilisé dans l'alimentation comme additif ...