Procrasturbating t1_j050smo wrote on December 14, 2022 at 2:49 AM

Reply to comment by CircaSixty8 in 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

A chemical intermediate does not mean a medicine, just a chemical needed to make one chemical into another that is a medicine... Pho is freaking fantastic though.

CircaSixty8 t1_j05f95q wrote on December 14, 2022 at 4:50 AM

Fair enough.

havohej_ t1_j05ymrh wrote on December 14, 2022 at 8:33 AM

Pho enough

Procrasturbating t1_j09zfdn wrote on December 15, 2022 at 3:11 AM

Pho sho

Swiggity53 t1_j05d5d9 wrote on December 14, 2022 at 4:31 AM

Well food is medicine sorta

Restless_Wonderer t1_j05ar47 wrote on December 14, 2022 at 4:10 AM

Medicine

forksofpower t1_j05junx wrote on December 14, 2022 at 5:34 AM

... no?