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Episode 2: Nature’s Chemistry — From Life’s Building Blocks to Lifesaving Medicines

Episode 2: Nature’s Chemistry — From Life’s Building Blocks to Lifesaving Medicines

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From the proteins in our cells to the plants growing in Missouri’s fields, nature’s chemistry connects all living things. In this episode, Tiffany McCoy explores how the molecules that build life also inspire the medicines that heal it.


Travel from willow bark to aspirin, from the Pacific yew to taxol, and from the sweet wormwood to artemisinin — discovering how centuries of observation and modern science intertwine. Along the way, we’ll reflect on Missouri’s own “living pharmacy,” where plants like black cohosh, mayapple, and purple coneflower remind us that biodiversity is not just beauty — it’s biotechnology.


🎙️ Show-Me Horticulture — rooted in Missouri, branching out everywhere.



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