Enzymes that play a crucial role in the production of the malaria drug quinine and other important cinchona alkaloids have ...

Plants make a surprising intermediate en route to quinine and cinchonidine ...

Newly discovered enzymes found in the cinchona tree play a crucial role in the production of the malaria drug quinine and other important alkaloids. This opens up possibilities for the ...

Researchers mapped the full biosynthesis of quinine in cinchona trees, identifying key enzymes and intermediates. The ...

RECENT advances in chemotherapy present the police toxicologist with the problem of extracting and identifying from viscera an increasing number of basic organic compounds. In the past, methods of ...

A step forward in our understanding of how plants produce alkaloids could herald new pharmaceuticals. Biologists from the University of York (UK) have discovered enzymes that catalyze the biosynthesis ...

A new peer-reviewed study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin (UT at Austin) shows how artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning can help guide and improve enzyme design for the ...

The European Commission is to introduce new rules around a type of mycotoxin in certain food products. The limits are for ergot alkaloids in barley, wheat, spelt, rye and oats and processed ...