Thursday, March 5, 2020
What Is Reactant Chemistry?
What Is Reactant Chemistry?One of the most misunderstood and least understood subject in the scientific world is Reactant Chemistry. I am a fellow chemist, but I want to stress that if you are in any medical or scientific lab, then you will know that this is one of the key components in your overall research workflow. This topic is not as easy to understand as it might seem on the surface, mainly because we, as humans, tend to fall prey to confirmation bias and overconfidence when we are under pressure. Let me share with you a little example to illustrate how this works.Say that you are developing an anti-cancer drug. You have all the relevant studies to support your claim, so you go ahead and run the whole process to find out the results. But the only problem with this is that, when your study comes back positive, we all start making assertions about what we learned from it. The next thing you know, other laboratories are also confirming your findings and you are still left scratchi ng your head wondering if it is really as accurate as it appears.Now, there are certain terms you have to know in order to gain a better understanding of how to run a clinical trial with reactant chemistry in mind. I will try to explain them in this short article, because this is really important to understand how you can conduct your own clinical trials. If you read the materials on your own, then you may not fully grasp what I am trying to tell you here.First, let's start with a word called a potential molecular target. The process of manufacturing molecules in the body is called metabolism. Metabolism is the property that allows the cells to function and produce energy in the body. In the metabolic process, one molecule may produce a second or a third molecule, and so on.This potential molecular target acts as a guide for enzymes to go and move molecules into specific target sites, and all reactions take place in a precise way, or at least according to the reaction code that is s et. By definition, it should always move in the direction of the next molecule it encounters and there shouldn't be any side effects.So, you see, a molecule can't be created in the body, unless there is a reaction with something else. That something else is the new molecule and we all know that chemicals don't change their state unless they have been modified by some external influence. There is just too much confusion involved to try and explain that.To recap, I would like to emphasize that reactant chemistry is the process that allows molecules to move in the direction of their target and create the desired products. Metabolism is what moves the molecules into the target sites, but this can be modified by the environment or by reaction with something else. Learn more about how this works and the role of reactant chemistry in your clinical trials, and you will know exactly what you need to do.
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