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Rice University

Natural Antibiotic

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The Rice University lab of synthetic chemist K.C. Nicolaou determined the structure of viridicatumtoxin B, a natural antibiotic, on the way to total synthesis of the compound.

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Nicolaou Group/Rice University

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