Dr Ward and the case of the globe-trotting plants…
The wealth of some of the 19th century powers can be traced to a piece of botanical equipment.
Tag: quinine
The refreshing tale of gin-and-tonic (well, half of it…)
Malaria: Prunes* to the rescue?
If you love someone, you give them flowers – Nigel Chaffey discovers there’s also good reason to take away flowers too from the things you hate.
Noble plant wins Nobel Prize!
Money doesn’t grow on trees..?
The opioid analgesic ‘Tramadol’ is found to occur naturally in the root bark of the sub-Saharan shrub Nauclea latifoli