Researchers have harnessed the power of baker's yeast to create a cost-effective and highly efficient approach for unraveling how plants synthesize medicinal compounds, and used the new method to ...

Researchers of the Li Lab, led by Prof. Sijin Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, recently developed a new yeast-based screening method to identify key enzymes that synthesize medicinal ...

A team of researchers tested morin, a plant compound, against gum disease bacteria and found strong antimicrobial benefits. By encapsulating it in polymers, they created a powdered form for oral ...

An international research team headed by scientists at the University of British Columbia has demonstrated how a novel semi-synthetic compound derived from sanguinarine (SG), an alkaloid extracted ...