Henning Hopf, Germany, reviews the book "The Last Alchemist in Paris & Other Curious Tales from Chemistry" by Lars Öhrström

The Last Alchemist in Paris

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Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Quantifying Phosphorous in Vegetable Oil
Improvement of quality control AOCS Official Method Ca 12–55 for the determination of the phosphorous content in vegetable oils

247th ACS Meeting
Impressions of the 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Dallas

Why Dark Chocolate is Healthy
Bacteria from the gut ferment dark chocolate to produce healthful antioxidants

Honey Fights Antibiotic Resistance
Studies to identify compounds responsible for the unusual ability that honey has to fight infections

An Antioxidant Mushroom
Methanol extracts of the mushroom Tremella fuciformis show antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities

Blackberries? Frozen, Please
Long-term freezing is an easy and appropriate method to store blackberries without altering their chemical content

New Source of Methionine
Evonik will build a plant for the production of a new source of methionine specially developed for shrimp and other crustaceans

Palm Hearts: Overlooked Healthy Vegetables
Palm hearts are vegetables having a good nutritional composition and healthy properties