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13. New medicines from plants

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Many modern medicines are derived from plants.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Alison Foster
Keywords
galanthamine
new medicines
medicinal plants
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:01:05

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12. Healing molecules or poisonous plants?

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The notorious history of healing molecules. Many molecules from plants can be used as medicines but are also toxic if the dose is too large.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Diane Lim
Keywords
poisonous plants
medicinal plants
nightshade
tropane alkaloids
acetylcholine
scopolamine
atropine
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:22

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11. The machine inside plants

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The photosynthetic machinery inside plants is explained.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Alison Parkin
Keywords
chloroplast
chlorophyll
Photosynthesis
photosystems
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:01:13

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10. Colourful vegetables

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Pigments from plants are different colours depending on the chemical environment they are in.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Elizabeth Rayment
Keywords
colour change
cyanidin
anthocyanins
Red cabbages
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:03

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09. The hottest plant in the world

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How chillis and a euphorbia are helping to produce new painkillers.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Ed Anderson
Keywords
pain relief
Scoville scale
Resiniferatoxin
chilli heat
Euphorbia resinifera
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:36

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08. The chemistry of decaffeination

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How chemistry impacts on decaffeination of the world's second most popular drink.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Gem Toes
Keywords
benzene
Coffea canephora
decaffeination
caffeine
Coffea Arabica
robusta coffee
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:01:44

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07. The many tastes of ginger

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Ginger contains a cocktail of different molecules. The different molecules in dried, cooked and fresh ginger lead to different flavours.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Ed Anderson
Keywords
gingerol
phenols
zingerone
Ginger
organic molecules
Zingiber officinalis
shogaol
rhizome
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:08

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06. New materials from plants

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The lotus plant has inspired the development of new self-cleaning materials.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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James McCullagh
Keywords
Lotus effect
biomimetics
self-cleaning glass
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:18

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05. Energy from the sun

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How plants use energy from the sun to make food from carbon dioxide and water.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Alison Parkin
Keywords
water
carbon dioxide
Photosynthesis
oxygen
sugar
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:32

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04. Robert Robinson, a revolutionary chemist

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Sir Robert Robinson used the Botanic Garden in his research investigating the structures of alkaloids derived from plants.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Ed Anderson
Keywords
morphine
magdalen college
Robert Robinson
retrosynthesis
Alkaloid
Waynflete professor
poppy
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:54

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