Culmination Of 22 Years Of Research: Natural Insecticide Recreated In The Lab

Time August 29, 2007 - 3:00pm Link Culmination Of 22 Years Of Research: Natural Insecticide Recreated In The Lab Description Twenty-two years of dedicated research has finally resulted in success: In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a British team headed by Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge reports the first synthesis of azadirachtin, a natural compound that stops predatory insects from feeding.Plants have a variety of defense mechanisms to deter insect attack. Investigation of these mechanisms often allows researchers to discover molecules with interesting biological properties. [click link for full article] Source Biochemistry News Today Email to friendBookmark thisPrint version » login or register to post comments | 61 reads Score: 0  0 vote(s) updated every 10 min