Episodes
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Thank you for exploring the Botanic Garden with our group of plant loving chemists.
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One small part of the plant kingdom makes a different type of pigment to all the rest.
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How plants manage to photosynthesise in extreme environments.
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Why chlorophyll and hence plants, looks green.
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How chemistry can change the colour of dye molecules from plants.
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Hear about natures natural nitrogen fixers.
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Why nitrogen is important to plants and the communities of microorganisms living in the soil.
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Why the Katsura tree smells of caramel and how analytical techniques have solved the problem of what is responsible for the smell.
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Many modern medicines are derived from plants.
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The notorious history of healing molecules. Many molecules from plants can be used as medicines but are also toxic if the dose is too large.
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The photosynthetic machinery inside plants is explained.
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Pigments from plants are different colours depending on the chemical environment they are in.
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How chillis and a euphorbia are helping to produce new painkillers.
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How chemistry impacts on decaffeination of the world's second most popular drink.
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Ginger contains a cocktail of different molecules. The different molecules in dried, cooked and fresh ginger lead to different flavours.
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The lotus plant has inspired the development of new self-cleaning materials.
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How plants use energy from the sun to make food from carbon dioxide and water.
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Sir Robert Robinson used the Botanic Garden in his research investigating the structures of alkaloids derived from plants.
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Hear what the word organic means to a chemist.
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Everything is made of chemicals - whether they are from a natural source or not.
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