{"title":"Wirkstoffreich aber unterschätzt: Heimische Amphibien als Quelle bioaktiver Peptide","authors":"Marie-T. Hopp","doi":"10.1002/ciuz.70025","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ciuz.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Peptides perform a variety of biological functions in nature, ranging from immune defence to signal transduction. Their therapeutic potential is increasingly bringing them to the forefront of biomedical research. Peptides from animal sources in particular are considered promising starting points for novel drug candidates. Until now, the focus has been primarily on exotic animals such as tropical frogs. However, it is becoming increasingly apparent that native amphibians could also be a previously overlooked but very rich source of bioactive peptides. Native species such as the grass frog, midwife toad and fire salamander produce skin secretions with antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, antitumour and/or wound-healing properties. Modified variants are even undergoing preclinical and clinical research. Nevertheless, some native species have not yet been analyzed for bioactive peptides in their skin secretions. Current and prospective studies will provide insights into this area and pave the way for new potential peptide therapeutics based on the biochemical resources of our native amphibians.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9911,"journal":{"name":"Chemie in Unserer Zeit","volume":"60 2","pages":"88-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vorschau auf Heft 3/2026","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ciuz.70053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ciuz.70053","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9911,"journal":{"name":"Chemie in Unserer Zeit","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ciuz.70053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Klima: Klimaforschung – wo stehen wir?","authors":"Dieter Wöhrle","doi":"10.1002/ciuz.70030","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ciuz.70030","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An der 30. UN-Klimakonferenz COP30 [1] in Belem (Brasilien) im November 2025 nahmen rund 50.000 Vertreter von 198 Vertragsstaaten teil. Es war das Ziel, umfassende globale Klimaschutzziele zu erreichen. Leider hatten trotz der sich zuspitzenden Klimakrise eine kleine, aber starke Gruppe von Öl-Staaten starke Beschlüsse mit notwendigen umzusetzenden konkreten Maßnahmen verhindert, und die Länder konnten sich nicht einigen (Details in [1]). Die erhoffte Trendwende gegen den Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen wie CO<sub>2</sub> ist ausgeblieben. Kleine Erfolge auf der COP30 gab es aber doch. Gestartet wurde ein neuer Fonds zum Schutz der Regenwälder.</p>","PeriodicalId":9911,"journal":{"name":"Chemie in Unserer Zeit","volume":"60 2","pages":"58-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147684238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wie die Frühblüher übersommern","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ciuz.70050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ciuz.70050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Wie Frühblüher übersommern und überwintern</b></p><p>Wenn im Frühjahr die ersten farbigen Tupfer im noch winterkalten Grau aufleuchten, ahnt kaum jemand, welches Doppelspiel dahintersteckt. Frühblüher müssen nicht nur Frost und Dunkelheit überstehen – sie trotzen auch Fressfeinden, Pilzen und Mikroben, oft mit hochwirksamen pflanzlichen Giften. Wie schaffen es Schneeglöckchen, Winterlinge und Tulpen, monatelang unsichtbar im Boden zu überdauern, um dann punktgenau zu erblühen? In unserer Rubrik „Chemie unterwegs“ laden wir Sie zu einem Frühlingsspaziergang ein und suchen Antworten auf die Frage, wie die Zwiebeln der Frühblüher im Boden überdauern können. Entdecken Sie, wie faszinierend und vielfältig die chemischen Strategien dieser Pflanzen sind.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":9911,"journal":{"name":"Chemie in Unserer Zeit","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ciuz.70050","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sind Metalloxid-Cluster molekulare Modelle von Metalloxiden?","authors":"Ulrich Schubert","doi":"10.1002/ciuz.70036","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ciuz.70036","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>When metal oxides are synthesized from molecular precursors, metal oxide clusters are obtained under certain reaction conditions. They can either be stabilized by negative surface charges (M–O<sup>−</sup> groups) or (mostly organic) ligands. Comparison of the structures shows that oxo clusters are no molecular models for metal oxides. The coordination polyhedra of the metals are interconnected in various ways, but different to the corresponding metal oxides. This results very frequently in very complex structures. Many clusters are modularly structured, which means they can be notionally disassembled in smaller building blocks.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9911,"journal":{"name":"Chemie in Unserer Zeit","volume":"60 2","pages":"62-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147682891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Umweltchemie: Glyphosat aus Waschmitteln?","authors":"ChiuZ-Redaktion","doi":"10.1002/ciuz.70052","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ciuz.70052","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9911,"journal":{"name":"Chemie in Unserer Zeit","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147684013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monophosphan – toxisch gegen jede Art des Lebens","authors":"Karsten Strey","doi":"10.1002/ciuz.70029","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ciuz.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Der qualvolle und zunächst mysteriöse Tod einer deutschen Familie, die in einem Istanbuler Hotel abgestiegen war, hat schlagartig die Gefährlichkeit des Insektizids AlP (Aluminiumphosphid) in den Blickpunkt der Öffentlichkeit gebracht. Gerade in weniger entwickelten Ländern ist AlP ein gängiges Begasungsmittel und führt zu zahlreichen Vergiftungen. Da es kein Gegengift gibt, ist die Therapie schwer.</p>","PeriodicalId":9911,"journal":{"name":"Chemie in Unserer Zeit","volume":"60 2","pages":"56-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemie Unterwegs: Keine Frühlingsblüten ohne Gift – wie Frühblüher übersommern und überwintern","authors":"Dieter Sicker","doi":"10.1002/ciuz.70022","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ciuz.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In unserer Rubrik „Chemie unterwegs“ laden wir Sie diesmal ein zu einem Frühlingsspaziergang und suchen Antworten auf die Frage, wie die Zwiebeln der Frühblüher wie Schneeglöckchen, Narzissen oder Krokusse im Boden überdauern können. Entdecken Sie, wie faszinierend und vielfältig die chemischen Strategien dieser Pflanzen sind – und warum ihre Schönheit oft mit gefährlichen Wirkstoffen einhergeht.</p>","PeriodicalId":9911,"journal":{"name":"Chemie in Unserer Zeit","volume":"60 2","pages":"94-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ciuz.70022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147684227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wie Chemie missbraucht werden kann: Illegale Drogen","authors":"Dieter Wöhrle","doi":"10.1002/ciuz.70026","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ciuz.70026","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The number of users of illegal drugs, which lead to serious psychological and physical damage, is alarmingly high. The high demand has created an illegal underground economy. This justifies dealing with these psychotropic substances. After a brief outlook on the history of biogenic drugs, the legal regulations concerning drugs and the manifold psychotropic effects are discussed. The article focuses on the preparation or production and effects of biogenic (cannabis/marijuana/hashish, cocaine, morphine/opium), semi-synthetic (heroin, LSD) and fully synthetic (cannabinoids, opioids, phenylalkylamines, cathinones, tryptamines, benzodiazepines, arylcyclohexylamines, GHB/GBL, alkylnitrite) drugs. Increasingly, however, previously unknown i.e. new drugs, known as designer drugs, are entering the illicit drug market.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9911,"journal":{"name":"Chemie in Unserer Zeit","volume":"60 2","pages":"70-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wie Chemie missbraucht werden kann: Illegale Drogen","authors":"Dieter Wöhrle","doi":"10.1002/ciuz.70026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ciuz.70026","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The number of users of illegal drugs, which lead to serious psychological and physical damage, is alarmingly high. The high demand has created an illegal underground economy. This justifies dealing with these psychotropic substances. After a brief outlook on the history of biogenic drugs, the legal regulations concerning drugs and the manifold psychotropic effects are discussed. The article focuses on the preparation or production and effects of biogenic (cannabis/marijuana/hashish, cocaine, morphine/opium), semi-synthetic (heroin, LSD) and fully synthetic (cannabinoids, opioids, phenylalkylamines, cathinones, tryptamines, benzodiazepines, arylcyclohexylamines, GHB/GBL, alkylnitrite) drugs. Increasingly, however, previously unknown i.e. new drugs, known as designer drugs, are entering the illicit drug market.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9911,"journal":{"name":"Chemie in Unserer Zeit","volume":"60 2","pages":"70-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}