Pharmaceuticals and Herbicides: Close Cousins That Can Offer New Paths for Drugs
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 11:28
in Biology & Nature
Many pharmaceuticals have a lot in common with herbicides. In fact, for years most pharmaceutical companies had accompanying agrochemical divisions. When particular biological functions are targeted by a chemical compound, it could apply both to humans and to plants, as in the case of a fungicide. A compound developed as a pharmaceutical has at times found a better use as an herbicide or pesticide, and vice versa.