2023-04-17 10:05:56
Plants are in fact miniature chemical factories. Adobe Stock
EXPERT’S OPINION – Plants are veritable miniature chemical factories, capable of synthesizing several different molecules, sometimes so complex that they are even impossible to synthesize in the laboratory.
Natural products have been used since antiquity to heal. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, treated aches and fevers with a preparation made from white willow bark. But certain natural products quickly proved to be toxic, in particular botulinum toxin, one of the most violent poisons in the world, responsible for serious neurological affections. In France, 5% of poisonings identified by poison control centers are of plant origin.
Everything is chemical in nature. Life is based on chemical reactions and all living matter, including humans, is made up of chemicals. Plants are in fact real chemical factories in miniature, capable of synthesizing several different molecules, sometimes so complex that they are even impossible to synthesize by the chemist in the laboratory. You are probably far from imagining that a strawberry contains dozens of chemical molecules, dyes and even a…
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