Every Molecule Matters

Name: Every Molecule Matters
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ISBN: 9781041110620

by Simon Cotton

1st Edition

Publisher: CRC Press

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Print ISBN	9781041110620
eText ISBN	9781040419601
Publisher	CRC Press
Publishing Year	2025
Edition	1st Edition
Language	English
Pages	316

Every Molecule Matters, 1st Edition, authored by Simon Cotton and published through CRC Press, provides a systematic examination of molecular structures and their functional roles. The volume details the chemical structures of hundreds of individual compounds utilized by humans, animals, and plants, establishing how structural variations dictate biological activity and chemical behavior.

The text explores chemical defense mechanisms developed by plants and insects to ward off potential predators in natural ecosystems. It also addresses major human health concerns, detailing the specific chemistry involved in smoking and vaping alongside high-potency drugs of abuse and abused painkillers, including fentanyl, nitazenes, and synthetic spice formulations.

Further thematic coverage examines organohalogen compounds, contrasting atmosphere-damaging chlorofluorocarbons with life-saving chlorine-containing medicines such as vancomycin. Comprising eleven main chapters, this publication offers a clear framework for understanding molecular properties across physical, biological, and environmental sciences.

Chapter 1: Food
- • Introduction
- • Carbohydrates
- • Polysaccharides
- • Amino acids and Proteins
- • Aminoacids
- • Polypeptides and proteins
- • Lipids
- • Taste Sensations
- • Meat
- • Cheese
- • Blue cheeses
- • Lactose and Camembert
- • Cheddar
- • Bread
- • Baking
- • Potato
- • Raw potatoes
- • Boiled potatoes
- • Baked potatoes
- • Potato chips
- • Mushrooms
- • Puffball mushrooms
- • Onions
- • Fresh onions
- • Cooked onions
- • Tomatoes
- • Strawberries
- • Wild strawberries
- • Oranges and lemons
- • Orange juice and limonene isomer smells
Chapter 2: Vitamins
- • Introduction
- • Vitamin A
- • Vitamin B1, Thiamin
- • Vitamin B2, Riboflavin
- • Vitamin B3, Niacin
- • Vitamin B5, Pantothenic acid
- • Vitamin B6, Pyridoxine
- • Vitamin B7, Biotin
- • Vitamin B9, Folic acid
- • Vitamin B12, Cobalamin
- • Vitamin C, L-Ascorbic acid
- • Vitamin D, Calciferol
- • Vitamin E
- • Vitamin K
Chapter 3: Hot and Cold
- • Introduction
- • Spices and ‘hot’
- • Capsaicin
- • The TRPV1 receptor
- • Black pepper
- • Ginger
- • Clove
- • Nutmeg
- • Cinnamon
- • Szechuan peppers
- • Cool and menthol
- • How menthol works
- • Carvone
- • A new minty molecule
- • Mustard
Chapter 4: Abused Painkillers and Other Drugs of Abuse
- • Opium
- • Morphine
- • Heroin
- • Fentanyl
- • Carfentanil and other powerful fentanyls
- • Oxycodone and Oxycontin
- • Krokodil
- • Spice
- • Nitazenes
Chapter 5: Nasty Smells
- • Introduction
- • Hydrogen sulphide
- • Dimethylsulfide
- • Dimethyldisulfide and the titan arum
- • Thiols
- • Skunks
- • Personal hygiene – and wines
- • Trimethylamine
- • The Smell of the Living and the Dead
- • The scent of death
- • Molecules and Mosquitoes
- • Euglossine bees
Chapter 6: War and Peace
- • Introduction
- • Cut grass and green aroma
- • Plant defence
- • Weaponised insects
- • Out of detective novels
- • Blister beetles
- • Plants attracting insects
- • Insect repellents
Chapter 7: Organochlorine Compounds
- • Introduction
- • Organic chlorine compounds
- • Chloromethane
- • Pesticides and DDT
- • Dieldrin and Aldrin
- • Chlorinated medicines
- • Chlorinated phenols
- • Natural germ-killers from the earth
- • Teicoplanin
- • Chloramphenicol
- • Halogenated Compounds from Marine Fungi
- • Another killer
Chapter 8: Organofluorine Compounds
- • Introduction
- • CFCs, serendipity and a serious problem
- • Other organofluorine compounds
- • Other problematic organofluorine compounds
- • A natural problem
- • Fluorinated pharmaceuticals
- • Anaesthetics
- • Blood substitutes
- • Perfluorocubane
Chapter 9: Smoking and Vaping
- • Smoking
- • Nicotine
- • Health effects of smoking
- • Toxic chemicals in tobacco
- • Vaping
- • Metal heating elements and metal pieces
- • Solvents
- • Flavourings
- • Diacetyl
- • Benzaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde and vanillin
- • Vitamin E acetate
- • Nicotine analogues
- • Student vaping
- • Conclusions and summary
Chapter 10: Isotopes
- • Isotopes
- • What’s the difference between H2O and D2O?
- • Lead isotopes
- • Coinage and Isotopes
- • Uranium isotopes and their separation
- • Carbon isotopes
- • Detecting food fraud
- • Radiocarbon
- • Fraudulent white truffles
- • Isoscapes
- • Carbon in foods
- • Strontium isotopes
- • Isotopes and drugs
- • King Richard III
- • Isotopes in solving crimes
- • The Welsh case
- • The ‘Scissor Sisters’ case
- • An unsolved crime .... five thousand years ago.
Chapter 11: Methane
- • Introduction and historical background
- • Wood, coal and coal gas
- • Coal, the environment and smogs
- • Natural gas and methane.
- • Methane, a greenhouse gas