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Anti-cancer properties...in ancient beer?!

Anti-cancer properties…in ancient beer?!

I wouldn’t make this up.  Biomolecular archaeological evidence examining ancient Egyptian wine jars (circa 3150 BC) find that ancient brews may have had potent anti-cancer agents: “New biomolecular archaeological evidence backed up by increasingly sophisticated scientific testing techniques are uncovering medicinal remedies discovered, tested, and sometimes lost, throughout millennia of [...]

The Fermentation Reaction

The Fermentation Reaction

N.B. This is not my work, it is a file I have kept for several years.l  do not know to whom to accredit it.  If you recognize it, please send me the details so I can accredit this properly.  Fermentation reaction The fermentation reaction C6H12O6 → 2 C2H5OH + 2 [...]