Chemistry, UWI-Mona, Staff Research Interests.
The research facilities in the
Department are primarily used to support the following major
interests:
- a) Natural Products Chemistry, including Microbial
Chemistry,
- b) Industrial Chemistry,
- c) Food Processing,
- d) Environmental Chemistry,
- e) Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms,
- f) Transition Metal and Bio-Inorganic Chemistry,
- g) Pesticide Chemistry,
- h) Materials and Energy
- i) Theoretical Chemistry, Molecular Modelling and other
computer applications.
"ackee, rice,
salt fish is nice and the rum is fine any time of year"
Some of the earliest research work in the Department,
concerned identification of the toxin in uncooked ackee, our
national dish. The structure of which will be displayed if you
click on the ackee seed.
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