http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. once believed to bear fruit that ripened into a living baby sheep - produces substances that show promise in laboratory experiments as new treatments for osteoporosis, the bone-thinning disease. That's the conclusion of a new study in ACS' monthly Journal of Natural Products. http://www.physorg.com/news174741248.html Chemistry Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:40:02 EST news174741248 Scientists in China have discovered that roots of a plant used a century ago during the great Spanish influenza pandemic contains substances with powerful effects in laboratory experiments in killing the H1N1 swine flu virus that now threatens the world. The plant has a pleasant onion-like taste when cooked, but when raw it has sap so foul-smelling that some call it the "Dung of the Devil" plant. Their report is scheduled for the Sept. 25 issue of ACS' Journal of Natural Products. http://www.physorg.com/news171745407.html Chemistry Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:10:01 EST news171745407 Researchers have invented computational tools to decode and rapidly determine whether natural compounds collected in oceans and forests are new -or if these pharmaceutically promising compounds have already been described and are therefore not patentable. http://www.physorg.com/news166712684.html Biology Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:50:02 EST news166712684 New research documents a surprising chemical weapon used by some Amazonian poison frogs. The study identified for the first time a family of poisons never before known to exist in these brightly colored creatures or elsewhere in Nature, the N-methyldecahydroquinolines. The authors then speculated on its origin in the frogs` diet, most likely ants. The report is scheduled for the June 26 issue of ACS` Journal of Natural Products. http://www.physorg.com/news163350366.html Chemistry Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:06:34 EST news163350366 Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have taken a major step forward in the field of metabolic engineering, successfully using the bacterium Escherichia coli to synthesize a class of natural products known bacterial aromatic polyketides, which include important antibiotic and anticancer drugs. http://www.physorg.com/news149179802.html Biology Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:50:02 EST news149179802 University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers have discovered a marine compound off the coast of Key Largo that inhibits cancer cell growth in laboratory tests, a finding they hope will fuel the development of new drugs to better battle the disease. http://www.physorg.com/news137391672.html Chemistry Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:21:12 EST news137391672