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  INDEX

  Acetic acid

  Acetyl salicylic acid (ASA)

  Achras sapota (sapodilla)

  Aconitum (monkshood)

  Acrecaidine

  Acropolis, olive tree on(illus.)

  Acylation reaction

  Adams, Thomas

  Addictive compounds

  Adenosine

  Adipic acid

  Aerosol propellants

  Agent Orange

  Age of Discovery

  Age of Plastics

  AIDS

  Air-conditioning

  Alanine

  Albuquerque, Afonso de

  Alexander the Great

  Alexander VI, pope

  Alizarin

  Alkali industry

  Alkaloids

  caffeine

  ergot

  morphine

  nicotine

  Allyltoluidine

  α-amino acids

  α-glucose

  American Civil War

  American Revolution

  American Viscose Company

  Amide groups

  Amino acids

  Ammonia

  Ammonium nitrate

  Amoxicillin

  Amphibians, venoms from

  Ampicillin

  Amundsen, Roald

  Amylopectin

  Amylose

  Anabolic steroids

  Anadamide

  Ancient civilizations

  and olive oil

  and opium

  and salt

  Androgens

  Androsterone

  Anesthesias

  Angina pectoris, nitroglycerin and

  Aniline dyes

  Anopheles mosquitos

  Anthony, saint

  Anthraquinone

  Antibiotics

  penicillins

  sulfa drugs

  Antimetabolites

  Antioxidants

  Antiscorbutics, Cook and

  Antiseptics

  Areca catechu (betel nut)

  Armaments

  Army uniforms, colors of

  Aromatic molecules

  Arrhenius, Svante August

  Artificial compounds

  progesterone

  silk

  sweeteners

  testosterones

  See also Synthetic compounds

  ASA (acetyl salicylic acid)

  Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

  Asia, rubber plantations

  Aspartame

  Aspirin

  Atmosphere of Earth

  Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade)

  Atropine

  Bacon, Roger

  Bacteria:

  antibiotic-resistant

  digestion of cellulose by

  Bacterial infections

  Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (BASF)

  Baekeland, Leo

  Baeyer, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von

  Bakelite

  Balata

  Balls, rubber

  Banda Islands

  BASF (Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik)
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  Bathing

  Bayer and Company aspirin

  Belgian Congo

  Belladonna

  Benzene

  Benzocaine

  Berzelius, Jöns Jakob

  β-carotene

  β-glucose

  β-lactam ring

  β-phenylethylamine

  Betel nut

  Bevan, Edward

  Bible, olive references

  Billiard balls

  Bioaccumulation:

  of DDT

  of PCBs

  Biotechnology

  Bioterrorism

  Biphenyls

  Birds, DDT and

  Birth control. See Contraceptives

  Bitter taste

  Black Death (plague)

  Black pepper

  Blue dyes

  Bolivia, salt hotel(illus.)

  Bombykol

  Bombyx mori (silkworm moth)

  Bonds, chemical

  See also Double bonds

  Bones, compound fractures

  Boston Tea Party

  Botanica-Mex

  Botulinum toxin A

  Botulism

  Brain

  caffeine and

  morphine and

  Brazil, coffee cultivation

  Breda, Treaty of

  Brine springs

  Britain

  chemical industry

  cotton industry

  and opium trade

  and salt tax

  soda ash manufacture

  and spice trade

  British Empire, quinine and

  British Navy, and ascorbic acid

  Bromine

  Bubonic plague

  Bufotoxin

  Butadiene

  Butter

  Buttons, tin, disintegration of

  Butyric acid

  Cacao(illus.)

  Caffeine

  Calaucha, Antonio de la

  Calcium chloride

  Cannabis sativa (marijuana)

  Caoutchouc (rubber) tree

  Capitalism, beginning of

  Caproic acid

  Capsaicin

  Capsicum species

  Carbolic acid

  Carbon

  Carbon disulfide

  Carcinogens, safrol as

  Cardiac glycosides

  Carmine. See Cochineal

  Carminic acid

  Caro, Heinrich

  Carotene

  Carothers, Wallace

  Carré‚ Ferdinand

  Carson, Rachel, Silent Spring

  Cartier, Jacques

  Castile soap

  Castilla species

  Caustic soda (sodium hydroxide)

 

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