Metformin (More weird-lookin' drugs)
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Metformin is about as simple as a drug gets:...
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Hyaluronic Acid (Cosmetics manufacturers: "hyaluronic" is not a noun!)
Category: Medicine
Hyaluronic acid is a polysaccharide:...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 9:00 PM • 3 Comments •
Oxymetazoline (No more hobo eyes!)
Category: Medicine
Oxymetazoline is yet another arylethylamine:...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 11:19 PM • 3 Comments •
Niacin (Nicotine vitamins?)
Category: Medicine
Niacin is also known as Vitamin B3. Interestingly, it's also called "nicotinic acid," and the similarity of the name to "nicotine" isn't coincidental:...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 10:20 PM • 6 Comments •
Isotopic food (Why was I not informed?)
Category: Medicine
Is paying $5/liter for Fiji water not cutting it? Trying to come up with a more environmentally abhorrent, gauche hydration accessory? How would you feel about $1,000/liter, along with some iffy health benefits?...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 11:59 PM • 11 Comments •
Best Of: MOTD Science Club (As long as I broke the seal on repeating myself...)
Category: Medicine
Well, it finally happened. I made it almost two years, but I repeated a molecule for what I think is the first time. Hooray! Any pressure to be original is off! Here's the first of many best-of posts to come!...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 9:30 AM • 1 Comments •
Sodium picosulfate (A fine application of osmosis...for me to poop on)
Category: Medicine
Whether it is constipation or diarrhea, irregularities in bowel movements on some level all relate to the balance of fluid in the intestines. Fiber doesn't just add bulk to feces, it holds onto water. If you go all Linus Pauling...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 11:56 PM • 3 Comments •
Phenytoin (Cures what ails you)
Category: Medicine
What, then, does Jack Dreyfus have to do with chemistry? You see, this Wall Street titan had a favorite molecule.
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 8:32 PM • 5 Comments •
Naphthoquinone (Koagulation Kops)
Category: Medicine
About 80 years ago, a scientist [pdf] wanted to learn about cholesterol metabolism. He took chicken feed and extracted it with organic solvent. In order make sure fat-soluble vitamins weren't left out, he added in cod liver oil (giving vitamins...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 7:50 PM • 3 Comments •
Rimonabant (The Anti-Weed)
Category: Medicine
Marijuana is a puzzling drug, and a contentious one at that. Pure THC is sold pharmaceutically (and DEA-OK), but the whole plant isn't OK with the feds. That said, many states have decriminalized it for medical use. The pharmacology of...
Posted by Molecule of the Day at 9:00 AM • 7 Comments •
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