Caventou, Joseph
Cellophane
Celluloid
Cellulose
Central nervous system
CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)
Challenger space shuttle
Chardonnet, Hilaire de
Charles I, king of England
Chemical compounds
Chemical dye industry
Chemical reactions, explosive
Chemical structures
Chewing gum
Chicle
Childbed fever
Childbirth, anesthesia for
Children, labor of
Chile saltpeter
Chili peppers
China
male contraceptive tests
and opium
silk from
Chinchona (quinine)(illus.)
Chitin
Chloracne
Chlorine
Chlorocarbon compounds
chloroquine
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Chloroform
Chloroquine
Chocolate
Cholesterol Christianity
and witchcraft
Cinchona species
Cis double bonds
Cities, salt and
Civilization olive oil and See also Ancient civilizations
Claviceps purpurea (ergot)
Clostridium botulinum
Cloves
Cloxacillin
Coal
Coal tar
Coca tree
Cocaine
Coccus ilicis (kermes insect)
Cochineal
Cochrane, Archibald
Cockburn, William, Sea Diseases
Cocoa
Cod, depletion of
Codeine
Coffea arabica (coffee plant)
Coffee
Collagen, vitamin C and
Collodion
Colonialism
quinine and
rubber and
Color of dyes
Columbus, Christopher
Compounds of elements See also Chemical structures
Condensation polymers
Conductivity of salt solutions
Coniine
Conium maculatum (hemlock)
Conjugated double bonds
Contraceptives male
Cook, James
Cortés, Hernán
Cortisone
Cosmetic uses of olive oil
Cotton(illus.)
Crime, opium and
Crocetin
Crocus sativus (saffron)
Cromwell, Oliver
Cross, Charles
Culture, sugar and
Cyclamate
Cyclic compounds
Cyclohexane
Dactylopius coccus (cochineal beetle)
Dandelions
Datura (thorn apple)
DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane)
and malaria
Deadly nightshade
Deforestation of Europe
Deliquescence
Demerol (meperidine)
Democracy, olive oil and
Democritus
Depression, scurvy and
Desoxycholic acid
Diacetylmorphine (Heroin)
Dianabol
Diatomaceous earth (kieselguhr)
Dibromoindigo
Diet
on ocean voyages
Digitalis
Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)
Digitoxin
Digoxin
Dinosaur extinction theories
Dioscorea (wild yam)
Diosgenin
Dioxin
Disaccharides
Djerassi, Carl
Doering, William
Dogmak, Gerhard
Double bonds
conjugated
four-membered
isoprene
rubber
sex hormones
unsaturated fatty acids
Du Pont Fibersilk Company
Dunedin (refrigerator ship)
Dutch East India Company
Dutch government
Dyes
and sulfa drugs
Dynamite
East India Company
Eastman, George
Ebola virus
Ebonite
Echinochrome
Economic influences
cellulose
coffee
cotton
DDT
refrigeration
sickle-cell anemia
silk
sugar
Ecstasy (hallucinogen)
Egyptians, ancient
Ehrlich, Paul
Electrical insulators
Electrolysis
Electrolytic dissociation
Electrons
Elements
Elemicin
Elephants(illus.)
Endeavor (Cook’s ship)
Endorphins
England. See Britain
English Civil War
Enovid
Environmental degradation
coffee cultivation and
DDT and
olive cultivation and
rubber and
salt and
Ephedra sinica (ma huang)
Ephedrine
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (green tea)
Erasers
Ergot/ergotism
Ergotamine
Ergovine
Erythroxylon (coca tree)
Estradiol
Estrogens
Estrone
Ethene (ethylene)
Ether
Ethylene glycol
Eugenia aromatica (clove tree)
Eugénie, empress of France
Eugenol
Euphorbia (spurge)
Europe
silk production
Execution of witches
Exothermic reactions
Explosives
Fabric, rubber-coated
Factories, labor in
Falciparum malaria
Family, breakdown of
Family planning
Fansidar
Faraday, Michael
Fats
Fatty acids
Feminism
Fertilizers
Ficus elastica (rubber plant)
Fijian Islands
Firearms
Fire extinguishers
Fischer, Emil
Fischer projection formulas
Fish, salted
Fleming, Alexander
Fluorine
Flying, by witches
Folic acid
Folk medicine
Food additives
Food preservatives
refrigeration
salt
Forced labor
Formaldehyde
Fosberg, Raymond
Foxglove
French Revolution salt tax and
Freons
Freud, Sigmund
Frigorifique (refrigerator ship)
Frozen food industry
Fructose
Furchgott, Robert
Furneaux, Tobias
Gabelle (French salt tax)
Galactose
Gandhi, Mahatma
Gangrene
Gases
Gas lighting
Gas warfare, World War I
Genetic engineering
German chemical industry
Germ theory
Gin and tonic
Ginger
Glucosamine
Glucose
Glutamic acid
Glycerin
Glycerol
Glycine
Glycogen
Glycosides, toxic
Glycosidic compounds
Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice)
Gold
Goldberger, Joseph
Golf balls
Goodyear, Charles
Goodyear, Nelson
> Gossypium species (cotton)
Gossypol
Graebe, Carl
Greece, ancient spices
Green pepper
Green tea
Grenada
Guayule
Gulonic acid
Guncotton
Gunpowder
Gutta-percha
Haber, Fritz
Haiti, coffee trade
Halite (rock salt)
Hallucinogens
Hancock, Thomas
Hannibal
Hanseatic League
Hardtack
Harrison, James
Hasskarl, Justus
Hawkins, Richard
Haworth, Norman
Haworth formulas
Heart disease
Hemlock
Hemoglobin
Henbane
Henne, Albert
Henry the Navigator
Herbalists, witches as
Herbs
poisonous
Hercules
Herodotus
Heroin
Hevea brasiliensis
Hexachlorophene
Hexuronic acid
Hexylresorcinol
High-density lipoprotein (HDL)
Hippocrates
History, chemical influences
Hoechst Dyeworks
Hofmann, Albert
Hofmann, August
Hofmann, Felix
Homer
Honey
Honeybees(illus.)
Hong Kong
Hooker, Joseph
Hospitals
Hotel, made from salt(illus.)
“Hot” molecules
Hudson, Henry
Humans, and vitamin C
Hydrochloric acid
Hydrofluorocarbon
Hyoscine/hyoscyamine
Hyoscyamus niger (henbane)
Ice, cooling with
IG Farben
Ignarro, Louis
Immunities
Indentured labor
India
Indican
Indigo
Indonesia, Spice Islands
Indoxol
Industrial Revolution
and salt tax
Infant mortality, soap and
Influenza
Inoculations
Inorganic compounds
Inquisition
Insecticides
natural
Insulin
Ions
Isatis tinctoria (woad)
Isis
Islam, spread of
Isoeugenol
Isomers
Isoprene
Ivory(illus.)
Jabir ibn Hayyan
James I, king of England
James II, king of England
Java, cinchona estates
Javanese fern
Jenner, Edward
Jesuits, and quinine
Juglone
Jussieu, Joseph de
Kermesic acid
Kidney stones
Kieselguhr (diatomaceous earth)
Kodak film
Kyushu, Japan, PCB poisoning
Labor laws
Laccifer lacca beetle
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de Lactase
Lactone
Lactose
Lancashire, England Lancaster, James
Latex
Laudanum
Lauric acid
Laveran, Charles-Louis-Alphonse
Laws:
labor-related
olive tree protection
restricting birth control
Lawsone
Lead acetate
Lead poisoning
Leary, Timothy
Leblanc, Nicolas
Ledger, Charles
Leopold II, king of Belgium Lidocaine
Liebermann, Carl
Life expectancy
Lignin
Lind, James, A Treatise on Scurvy
Linoleic/linolenic acid
Lipoproteins
Lippia dulcis (verbena)
Liquidamber orientalis (sweetgum)
Lister, Joseph
Livingstone, David
Lloyd’s of London
London coffeehouses
Louis Philippe, king of France
Louis XI, king of France
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
Lysergic acid
Ma huang
McCormick, Katherine
Mace
Macintosh, Charles
Madder plants
Magellan, Ferdinand
“Magic bullet” approach
Magnesium chloride
Malaria
Malaysia, rubber plantations
Manaus, Brazil
Manchester, England
Mandragora officinarum (mandrake)
Manhattan Island
Maple syrup
Marco Polo
Marijuana
Marker, Russell(illus.)
Marker degradation
Mauve dye
MDMA (Ecstasy, hallucinogen)
Meat, transport of
Mechanization
Mefloquine
Men, and oral contraception
Meperidine (Demerol)
Mercury, syphilis treatment
Mescaline
Methadone
Methane
Methanol
Methyl chloride
Miasma theory
Middle Ages
Middle passage
Midgley, Thomas, Jr.
Milk, digestion of
Milk sugar (lactose)
Minerva
Mining, explosives used in
Molds, curative properties
Molecules, and human events
Molina, Mario
Moluccas (Spice Islands)
Monkshood
Monosaccarides
Monounsturated fatty acids
Montreal Protocol
Mordant dyes
Morphine
Mortality rates
Morton, William
Morus alba (mulberry)
Mosquitoes
Motion picture film
Mulberry
Mules, and contraception
Murad, Ferid
Murex (snail)
Mustard gas
Myristic acid
Myristica fragrans (nutmeg)
Myristicin
N-acetyl glucosamine
Naming of vitamins
Naphtha
Naphthoquinone
Napoleon’s army
Narcotics
Natta, Giulio
Nerve gases, atropine and
Neurotransmitter, nicotine
Niacin (nicotinic acid)
Nicot, Jean
Nicotiana species
Nicotine
Nicotinic acid (niacin)
Nitrates
Nitric acid
Nitric oxide
Nitrocellulose artificial silk from
Nitrogen
Nitroglycerin
Nobel, Alfred Bernard
Nobel Prizes
Norethindrone
Norethynodrel
Novocaine
Nutmeg
Nylon(illus.)
Ocean voyages, and scurvy
Oil (petroleum)
Oils
See also Olive oil
Olea europaea (olive)(illus.)
Oleic acid
Olive oil
Opium
Oral contraceptives
Orange dyes
Organic chemistry industry
Organic compounds
Organophosphate insecticides
Ortho
Ostia, Italy
Oxalic acid
Oxidation reaction
Oxygen
Ozone layer
PABA
Palaquium tree
Palmitic acid
Palm
itoleic acid
p-Aminobenzoic acid
Papaver somniferum (poppy)
Paper manufacture
Paprika
Paraguay (refrigerator ship)
Parathion
Parke-Davis, drug company
Parsley
Parthenium argentatum (guayule)
Pasteur, Louis
Pauling, Linus
PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
Pellagra
Pelletier, Joseph
Penicillins
Pentapeptides
Peppers
Peptide bonds
Performance-enhancing drugs
Perkin, William Henry
Peru, cochineal production
Pesticides
natural
PETN (pentaerythritoltetranitrate)
Pharmaceutical industry and progesterone
Phenols antiseptic
Phosgene gas
Photographic film
Photographic paper
Pickles, Samuel Shrowder
Picric acid
Pigments
Pincus, Gregory
Piper nigrum (pepper)
Piperine
PKU (phenylketonuria)
Plague (Black Death)
Plants:
chemical protections
cleansing power of
dyes from
latex-producing
medicinal
poisonous
Plasmodium parasites
Plastic explosives (PETN)
Plastics
Pliny
Pneumonia
Poisonous plants
Polyamides, nylon
Polymerization, in rubber
Polymers
cellulose-based
hemoglobin
isoprene
rubber
silk
Polypeptides
Polyphenols
Polysaccharides
Polystyrene
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Poppies
Portugal, spice trade
Potassium nitrate
Potassium soaps
Preservatives. See Food preservatives
Price of molecules
Priestley, Joseph
Primates, and vitamin C
Progesterone
synthetic
Progestins
Prontosil red
Propellants, aerosol
Proteins, in animal fibers
Prozac
Puerto Rico, contraceptive field test
Purple dyes
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)
Quinidine
Quinine
Quinoline
Rauwolfia serpentina (snakeroot)
Rayons
Red dyes
Red wine
Reduction, chemical process
Reform movements
Refrigerants
Refrigeration
and spice trade
Reserpine
Rhizopus nigricans mold
Rhubarb
Rice, genetically engineered
Rock, John
Rockefeller Institute
Rock salt (halite)
Rome, ancient
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Ross, Ronald
Rowland, Sherwood
Rubber
Rubiaceae family
Rum
Run Island
Russia
Saccharin
Saccharum officinarum (sugarcane)
Saffron
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