Starch: Chemistry in its element

Starch: Chemistry in its element

Inspired by a mention of arrowroot in Jane Austen's Emma, Mike Freemantle investigates how subtle differences in composition mean starch can be resistant dietary fibre or easily-digested nourishment.

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Sodium fluoroacetate: Chemistry in its element

Sodium fluoroacetate: Chemistry in its element

Georgia Mills examines a controversial killer: Sodium fluoroacetate or 1080

20 Sep 20195min

Methylhexaneamine or DMAA: Chemistry in its element

Methylhexaneamine or DMAA: Chemistry in its element

Sold as a 'sports supplement', methylhexaneamine – or DMAA – is implicated in the deaths of otherwise fit & healthy people. Enna Guadalupe investigates.

13 Sep 20196min

Domoic acid: Chemistry in its element

Domoic acid: Chemistry in its element

Katrina Krämer investigates a marine toxin that drives animals crazy and might have inspired one of Alfred Hitchcock's most famous films

6 Sep 20199min

Boric acid: Chemistry in its element

Boric acid: Chemistry in its element

Mike Freemantle revisits battlefield surgery to investigate boric acid, a key part of Dakin's antiseptic solution used extensively in the first world war

30 Aug 20196min

Amygdalin & Laetrile: Chemistry in its element

Amygdalin & Laetrile: Chemistry in its element

Patrick Hughes delves into the molecule at the centre of a decades-old cancer treatment conspiracy theory

22 Aug 20198min

Dopamine: Chemistry in its element

Dopamine: Chemistry in its element

Georgia Mills tackles the feel-good neurotransmitter and hormone behind thrill seeking, addiction and mobile gaming

16 Aug 20195min

Hydrogen sulfide: Chemistry in its element

Hydrogen sulfide: Chemistry in its element

Mike Freemantle finds the connection between Land of Hope and Glory and the noxious, corrosive, flammable gas that stinks of rotten eggs

9 Aug 20196min

Baclofen: Chemistry in its element

Baclofen: Chemistry in its element

One doctor's battle with alcoholism and self-experimentation with baclofen led to a rush of people desperate to try the drug to curb their addictions. But are we simply replacing one problem with anot...

2 Aug 20195min

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