Pharmaceutical Roots-The origins of aspirin Kumar Jeetendra | May 30, 2021 Pharmaceutical roots are a new content series from LGC Mikromol,investigating and outlining the natural origins of pharmaceutical substances,and offering a deeper dive into their uses, risks, and mechanisms of action. We supply a wide range of aspirin-related impurities and degradation products, as well as our ISO 17034-accredited API. For more information, scroll to the bottom …
Pharmaceutical Roots – Almonds and Enantiomers Kumar Jeetendra | August 1, 2021 Pharmaceutical roots is a new series from LGC Mikromol, investigating and outlining the natural origins of pharmaceutical substances, and offering a deeper dive into their uses, risks, and mechanisms of action. Mandelic acid Mandelic acid is a small, aromatic compound with many different uses. Although these days it is usually prepared in the lab, mandelic …
Pharmaceutical Roots: Malaria, from Bugs to Drugs Kumar Jeetendra | May 9, 2023 Pharmaceutical Roots is a content series from LGC Mikromol investigating and outlining the natural origins of pharmaceutical substances, and offering a deeper dive into their uses, risks, and mechanisms of action. In the first article of our new Bugs to Drugs sister series, we turn the spotlight on almost 350 years of developing medicines to fight …
Pharmaceutical Roots: Metformin – could leading antidiabetic become ‘The aspirin of the 21st century?’ Kumar Jeetendra | July 12, 2023 Pharmaceutical Roots is a content series from LGC Mikromol investigating and outlining the natural origins of pharmaceutical substances, and offering a deeper dive into their uses, risks, and mechanisms of action. Introduction Taken orally, metformin hydrochloride is a leading biguanidine antihyperglycemic agent that manages high blood sugar levels in Type-2 diabetes. But despite its current status as the …
Varenicline: the answer to tobacco addiction, currently missing in action Kumar Jeetendra | October 10, 2023 Pharmaceutical Roots is a content series from LGC Standards – investigating and outlining the natural origins of pharmaceutical substances, and offering a deeper dive into their history, uses, risks, and mechanisms of action. This month, we look at how varenicline – aka Champix, or Chamtix – appeared to offer a solution to the global ‘tobacco …
