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21. Thank you and goodbye

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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Thank you for exploring the Botanic Garden with our group of plant loving chemists.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Alison Foster
Keywords
plants
Chemicals
chemistry
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:00:20

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20. Pigments from plants

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One small part of the plant kingdom makes a different type of pigment to all the rest.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Alison Foster
Keywords
beetroot
pokeweed
Caryophyllales
cactus flowers
betanin
bougainvillea
Betalains
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:01:10

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19. Plants in extreme environments

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How plants manage to photosynthesise in extreme environments.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Alison Parkin
Keywords
Solar energy
extreme environments
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:00:41

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18. Why are plants green?

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Why chlorophyll and hence plants, looks green.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Alison Parkin
Keywords
chlorophyll
ruthenium
solar cells
iron
silica
Photosynthesis
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:01:16

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17. Ancient pigments

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How chemistry can change the colour of dye molecules from plants.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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James McCullagh
Keywords
organic chemistry
Inorganic chemistry
Mayan people
indigo
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:36

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16. Nitrogen fixation

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Hear about natures natural nitrogen fixers.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Kylie Vincent
Keywords
biological processes
nitrogen depletion
Crop rotation
nitrogen fixation
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:01:16

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15. Nitrogen uptake by plants

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Why nitrogen is important to plants and the communities of microorganisms living in the soil.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Kylie Vincent
Keywords
biological processes
nitrogen depletion
Crop rotation
nitrogen fixation
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:00:53

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14. The caramel tree

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Why the Katsura tree smells of caramel and how analytical techniques have solved the problem of what is responsible for the smell.
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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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James McCullagh
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Katsura
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
gas chromatography
mass spectrometry
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:55

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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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