Methylphenidate/Ritalin (Can't sleep, clown will eat me)
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Working on a bunch of paperwork tonight so just a quickie - Ritalin....
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June 28, 2007
June 27, 2007
Cotinine (Now with nico-glycerol!)
Category: Biology
Cotinine is the principal metabolite of nicotine:...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 7:48 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 26, 2007
Tetrabromobisphenol A (Now with bromine!)
Bisphenol A is one ingredient that makes polycarbonate and epoxies work the way they do. A lot of people have fretted and expressed some concern about bisphenol A bioaccumulating - I can just about guarantee you're toting some around in...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 7:25 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 25, 2007
Loperamide (Tummy opium)
Category: Drugs
One aspect of opiates a lot of people don't know about is their effect on the GI. They slow gut motility, so opiate abusers often experience constipation (and diarrhea upon withdrawal). Opium used to be used medically as an antidiarrheal...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 6:46 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 22, 2007
p-phenylenediamine (Hazardous Henna)
Category: Dyes
Henna tattoos are a pretty harmless way for hippies to entertain and adorn themselves. A relatively benign dye, Lawsone, stains the skin (or hair) a ruddy brown. Like a semi-temporary tattoo. However, you're limited to pretty much just that color....
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 7:20 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 21, 2007
Orlistat/Xenical/Alli (Oil in toilet returns)
Category: Drugs
Sorry for the Internets silence - apparently cable modems can just up and die on you. We have short memories. Ages ago, a molecule that was essentially a chimera of sugar and fatty acids was found to provide essentially no...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 9:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 15, 2007
Troubles at Chez MoTD...
Category: Not Really a Molecule
Internets troubles. Not sure when this will be fixed, but expect posts to be irregular to absent until at least early-mid next week......
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 12:00 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 13, 2007
Polyphosphoric Acid (Burning honey)
Category: Synthesis
Polyphosphoric acid is a mixture of phosphoric acids and its anhydrides:...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 8:47 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 12, 2007
NanoKid (Yes, this got federal funding)
Category: Topologically/Geometrically Interesting
"NanoKid," perversely, is the lone progenitor of a whole army of NanoPutians. The others are generated by microwaving NanoKid with decapitated NanoPutian heads.
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 6:42 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 8, 2007
Safrole (Root beer or amphetamines?)
Category: Food
Safrole is a simple organic compound found in sassafras oil:...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 7:42 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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