Kokum (Garcinia indica) is a small, reddish-purple fruit cultivated from a subtropical evergreen tree that primarily grows along the Western coast of India. Kokum is often used to enhance the taste of ...

Triacetic acid lactone (TAL) has the potential to serve as a bioderived platform chemical for commercial products, including sorbic acid. However, TAL currently lacks a global market as its chemical ...

A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It ...

Scientists have reported the discovery of the first in a promising new class of antibiotics — and the find was unexpected, as they hadn't set out to find new drugs. The new antibiotic compound shows ...

Superbugs with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are a looming public health threat that could cause the deaths of 10 million people annually by 2050. In a recent study, scientists detail a new ...

Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic – in a significant discovery made not by breaking new ground, but by revisiting familiar territory. The compound, pre-methylenomycin C ...

Chemists from the University of Warwick and Monash University have discovered a promising new antibiotic that shows activity against drug-resistant bacterial pathogens, including MRSA and VRE.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the world’s most urgent health challenges, with the WHO's new report showing there are ‘too few antibacterials in the pipeline’. Most of the ‘low-hanging fruit ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the world’s most urgent health challenges, with the WHO’s recent report showing there are “too few antibacterials in the pipeline” and the limited commercial ...

Warwick University scientists are among those to have discovered a powerful new antibiotic with the potential to fight drug-resistant superbugs like MRSA. Chemists from the university, along with a ...