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April 4, 2023 by ASP Newsletter

HOT TOPICS IN PHARMACOGNOSY: Antibiotic Structures from the Past, and/or Novel Sources Now Being (Re)investigated By David J. Newman, DPhil INTRODUCTION (WITH SOME HISTORY) The search for novel antibiotics by “interrogation” of the massive databases of compounds…

In Memoriam: Heinz G. Floss

April 4, 2023 by ASP Newsletter

Heinz G. Floss: PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, 1988 By Taifo Mahmud, PhD and Bradley Moore, PhD On December 19, 2022, Heinz G. Floss, a world-renowned natural product chemist and a former president of the American Society of…

Priscilla Marston Farnsworth

March 10, 2023 by pharmacognosy

It is with great sadness that we relay that Priscilla Marston Farnsworth, wife of the late Norman Farnsworth passed away in late October 2022, just 3 months shy of her 92nd birthday. Our sincere condolences to the Farnsworth family.…

Behind the Scenes in Pharmacognosy: Smoke Taint in American West Coast Wines

July 14, 2022 by ASP Newsletter

Xiaoling Chen, PhD Candidate and Teal Jordan, MS Fire and wine were the topic of an open access article in the March 2022 issue of the Journal of Natural Products entitled “Natural Product Phenolic Diglycosides Created from Wildfires, Defining Their…

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May 20, 2022 by pharmacognosy

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