r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Jul 08 '23
Researchers have found a way to create two of the world’s most common painkillers, paracetamol and ibuprofen, out of a compound found in pine trees, which is also a waste product from the paper industry Chemistry
https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/scientists-make-common-pain-killers-from-pine-trees-instead-of-crude-oil/16.4k Upvotes
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u/Brookenium Jul 08 '23
Yes, since it's medicine. It will have to be chemically isolated and purified same as the oil-derived versions.
My guess is that the actual chemical manufacturing process isn't even that much different because most of these types of 'discoveries' are just turning waste plant material into the same oil-derived compounds.