Lignocellulosic biomass remains underutilized despite its annual production in gigaton quantities. Sulfur is another vastly underutilized waste product of fossil fuel refining. New mechanistic insight into the reactions of sulfur unveiled since 2020 suggest a rich and hitherto unexplored chemistry between biomass‐derived olefins and elemental sulfur. In this study, four biomass‐derived olefins (eugenol (
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Malaria continues to be a serious and debilitating disease. The emergence and spread of high‐level resistance to multiple antimalarial drugs by
- PAR ID:
- 10506123
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals
- Volume:
- 67
- Issue:
- 5
- ISSN:
- 0362-4803
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Size: p. 186-196
- Size(s):
- p. 186-196
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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