Live-Common1015 t1_j05nqka wrote on December 14, 2022 at 6:15 AM Reply to TIL that until 2012, when they switched to a bacterial source, Roche Pharmaceuticals used up to 90% of the world's annual star anise crop to produce shikimic acid, a chemical intermediate used in the synthesis of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) by Kintpuash-of-Kush I like your funny words magic man Permalink 10
Live-Common1015 t1_j05nqka wrote
Reply to TIL that until 2012, when they switched to a bacterial source, Roche Pharmaceuticals used up to 90% of the world's annual star anise crop to produce shikimic acid, a chemical intermediate used in the synthesis of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) by Kintpuash-of-Kush
I like your funny words magic man