/oss/taxonomy/term/5093/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-health-general-science/reservations-about-resveratrol <p>In 1940 Japanese researcher Michio Takaoka submitted his thesis for a graduate degree in which he described studies of plants with a folkloric history of having medicinal properties. Such studies involve the extraction, isolation and identification of compounds that may have biological activity. This is a complex and challenging project given that plants are veritable chemical factories, churning out hundreds of different substances.</p> Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:58:35 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8556 at /oss