Scripps Research team wins global race to achieve landmark synthesis of perplexing natural product
Compound's complexity had confounded chemists since discovery in 1993
18-Jan-2010 -
In 1993 researchers discovered a chemical compound in a sponge off Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, that has shown anticancer, antibacterial, and antifungal pharmaceutical promise. But that wasn't its greatest allure, at least not for chemists.
This compound, called Palau'amine, is ...
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