Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour

Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

A chemistry tour of the Oxford University Botanic Garden.

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Episode	Description	People	Date
21. Thank you and goodbye	Thank you for exploring the Botanic Garden with our group of plant loving chemists.	Alison Foster	18 October, 2012
20. Pigments from plants	One small part of the plant kingdom makes a different type of pigment to all the rest.	Alison Foster	18 October, 2012
19. Plants in extreme environments	How plants manage to photosynthesise in extreme environments.	Alison Parkin	18 October, 2012
18. Why are plants green?	Why chlorophyll and hence plants, looks green.	Alison Parkin	18 October, 2012
17. Ancient pigments	How chemistry can change the colour of dye molecules from plants.	James McCullagh	18 October, 2012
16. Nitrogen fixation	Hear about natures natural nitrogen fixers.	Kylie Vincent	18 October, 2012
15. Nitrogen uptake by plants	Why nitrogen is important to plants and the communities of microorganisms living in the soil.	Kylie Vincent	18 October, 2012
14. The caramel tree	Why the Katsura tree smells of caramel and how analytical techniques have solved the problem of what is responsible for the smell.	James McCullagh	18 October, 2012
13. New medicines from plants	Many modern medicines are derived from plants.	Alison Foster	18 October, 2012
12. Healing molecules or poisonous plants?	The notorious history of healing molecules. Many molecules from plants can be used as medicines but are also toxic if the dose is too large.	Diane Lim	18 October, 2012
11. The machine inside plants	The photosynthetic machinery inside plants is explained.	Alison Parkin	18 October, 2012
10. Colourful vegetables	Pigments from plants are different colours depending on the chemical environment they are in.	Elizabeth Rayment	18 October, 2012
09. The hottest plant in the world	How chillis and a euphorbia are helping to produce new painkillers.	Ed Anderson	18 October, 2012
08. The chemistry of decaffeination	How chemistry impacts on decaffeination of the world's second most popular drink.	Gem Toes	18 October, 2012
07. The many tastes of ginger	Ginger contains a cocktail of different molecules. The different molecules in dried, cooked and fresh ginger lead to different flavours.	Ed Anderson	18 October, 2012
06. New materials from plants	The lotus plant has inspired the development of new self-cleaning materials.	James McCullagh	18 October, 2012
05. Energy from the sun	How plants use energy from the sun to make food from carbon dioxide and water.	Alison Parkin	18 October, 2012
04. Robert Robinson, a revolutionary chemist	Sir Robert Robinson used the Botanic Garden in his research investigating the structures of alkaloids derived from plants.	Ed Anderson	18 October, 2012
03. Take care with the word organic	Hear what the word organic means to a chemist.	Alison Foster	18 October, 2012
02. A few words about chemicals	Everything is made of chemicals - whether they are from a natural source or not.	Alison Foster	18 October, 2012
01. Welcome and Introduction	A welcome to the Botanic Garden and the Chemistry at the Garden audio trail from the Senior Curator, Dr Alison Foster.	Alison Foster	18 October, 2012

Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour

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