Solving a plant-based Rubik’s cube puzzle

Friday, July 15, 2016 - 10:51 in Biology & Nature

Scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered a key “twist” in a Rubik’s cube-like plant puzzle, which could pave the way to new, or more effective pharmaceuticals. Several members and derivatives of a group of natural plant compounds called heteroyohimbines, are, or have potential to be, important in medicine. One called ajmalicine, for example, […]

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