Niacin (Nicotine vitamins?)
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 on April 28, 2008 10:20 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Isotopic food (Why was I not informed?)
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 on April 23, 2008 11:59 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Best Of: MOTD Science Club (As long as I broke the seal on repeating myself...)
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 on March 6, 2008 9:30 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sodium picosulfate (A fine application of osmosis...for me to poop on)
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 on February 19, 2008 11:56 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Phenytoin (Cures what ails you)
What, then, does Jack Dreyfus have to do with chemistry? You see, this Wall Street titan had a favorite molecule.
Posted on December 18, 2007 8:32 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Naphthoquinone (Koagulation Kops)
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 on December 6, 2007 7:50 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Rimonabant (The Anti-Weed)
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 on November 20, 2007 9:00 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Lead Acetate Redux
I've already talked about lead acetate and the fact that it was almost certainly the first artificial sweetener before, and I've been reading about it again lately. Here's something I didn't know - it may have helped cause the fall...Posted on November 1, 2007 5:20 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
British Anti-Lewisite (Sometimes the common name is just too cool to pass up)
Lewisite is nasty stuff, which I'll cover tomorrow. Tonight, it's an antidote, which is simply the dithio analogue of glycerine. It enjoys the more colorful name of BAL, or British Anti-Lewisite....Posted on October 18, 2007 8:47 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Diazolidinyl urea (Keeping your lotion mold-free)
Diazolidinyl urea is a broad-spectrum biocide that is ubiquitous in cosmetics:...Posted on October 12, 2007 9:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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