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  2. Semisynthesis - Wikipedia

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    Semisynthesis, or partial chemical synthesis, is a type of chemical synthesis that uses chemical compounds isolated from natural sources (such as microbial cell cultures or plant material) as the starting materials to produce novel compounds with distinct chemical and medicinal properties.

  3. Synthetic drug - Wikipedia

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    The adverse effects of synthetic drugs are hard to determine as they usually contain other chemicals with variable concentrations and human studies are limited. Synthetic cannabinoids can cause cardiovascular problems such as tachyarrhythmia, seizures, psychological disorders and potential carcinogenic effects. Addiction and withdrawal symptoms ...

  4. Production of antibiotics - Wikipedia

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    A common form of antibiotic production in modern times is semi-synthetic. Semi-synthetic production of antibiotics is a combination of natural fermentation and laboratory work to maximize the antibiotic. Maximization can occur through efficacy of the drug itself, amount of antibiotics produced, and potency of the antibiotic being produced.

  5. Opinion - Welcome to the global synthetic drug revolution

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    Synthetic drugs are the future of drug trafficking. Plant-based drugs, such as cocaine, heroin and marijuana — drugs that require control of large swaths of land and a favorable climate — are out.

  6. DEA chief: Synthetic drugs pose alarming US overdose risk - AOL

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    Since each newly designed drug needs to be separately banned, the problem continues to spiral, DEA head Chuck Rosenberg told a U.S. Senate committee. DEA chief: Synthetic drugs pose alarming US ...

  7. Medicinal chemistry - Wikipedia

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    The synthetic chemistry specialization in medicinal chemistry aimed at adaptation and optimization of the synthetic route for industrial scale syntheses of hundreds of kilograms or more is termed process synthesis, and involves thorough knowledge of acceptable synthetic practice in the context of large scale reactions (reaction thermodynamics ...

  8. Environmental impact of illicit drug production - Wikipedia

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    Synthetic drugs are produced from material that can't be found in nature and semi-synthetic drugs are made from both natural and synthetic materials such as methamphetamine and MDMA. [1] Drug policy is a large determinant on how organisations produce drugs and thereby, how their processes affect the environment, thus prompting Government bodies ...

  9. Process chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Oftentimes, in searching for the shortest, most efficient synthetic route, process chemists must devise creative synthetic solutions that eliminate costly functional group manipulations and oxidation/reduction steps. This article focuses exclusively on the chemical and manufacturing processes associated with the production of small molecule drugs.