Alkaloids, which include caffeine and morphine, are a large class of pharmacologically active plant compounds that are often difficult to chemically synthesize. Incorporation of benzylisoquinoline ...

UBC Okanagan researchers have uncovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural compound linked to anti-cancer effects. By identifying two key enzymes that shape and twist molecules into their ...

Engineered biosynthesis of modified natural products normally uses microbes as biochemical factories. Now, chemical biologists are taking advantage of the largely untapped biochemical potential of ...

Rod Leonard became the managing director of Lycopodium Minerals in November 2015 after stepping aside as managing director of Lycopodium Limited, a position he had held since January 2010. One of the ...

Robert Cicchini is a qualified civil engineer with over 30 years of resource sector project management and construction experience. He was appointed project director of Kimberley Mineral Sands in June ...

If you enjoy dark chocolate or coffee, or both, you may be benefiting from a substance found in these products that is linked to a reduction in cellular aging. A study published this month in the ...