Explore
Every way into the catalogue that is not one of the six everyday doors.
All molecules
All 915 molecules on one map, each linked to its own page.
Molecule of the week
Aspirin, this week, 9 to 15 November, and every week before it.
Worlds
Everyday moments and the molecules in play. All worlds
Rankings
Molecules ranked by one property each. All rankings
Groups
Molecules gathered by what they are, where they turn up and what their labels say.
Foods and drinks
- Beer 14
- Black pepper 6
- Bread 9
- Breakfast cereal 10
- Cheese 7
- Chili peppers 10
- Chocolate 17
- Citrus 7
- Cocoa 13
- Coffee 14
- Cured meat 7
- Diet Soda 6
- Eggs 8
- Energy drinks 22
- Fish 8
- Fruit 12
- Honey 8
- Hot sauce 8
- Leafy greens 8
- Milk 7
- Mushrooms 7
- Nuts 8
- Processed snacks 9
- Red meat 11
- Shellfish 7
- Soft drinks 9
- Soy sauce 6
- Spirits 9
- Stevia 2
- Sugar Free Gum 4
- Table sugar 1
- Tabletop Sweetener 11
- Tea 10
- Tonic water 5
- Whipped cream 5
- Wine 20
Everyday products
What medicines are for
Broad groups
- Body 132
- Element and material 78
- Everyday chemistry 54
- Food and flavor 98
- Nutrient 71
- OTC medicine 50
- Plant 83
- Prescription medicine 286
- Scent and aroma 39
- Sweetener 24
Families and medicine classes
- Addiction medicines 3
- Airway medicines 6
- Alcohols 7
- Aldehydes 11
- Alkanes 4
- Alpha-2 agonists 3
- Amines 13
- Amino acids 35
- Anaesthetics 5
- Anti-anxiety medicines 3
- Anti-nausea medicines 3
- Antibiotics 25
- Anticonvulsants 9
- Antidepressants 8
- Antifungals 4
- Antihistamines 6
- Antiparasitics 3
- Antipsychotics 12
- Antispasmodics 4
- Antivirals 7
- Aromatic hydrocarbons 3
- Barbiturates 5
- Benzodiazepines 12
- Beta blockers 6
- Blood thinners 4
- Blood-pressure medicines 16
- Cancer medicines 11
- Carotenoids 5
- Chemical elements 70
- Cholesterol medicines 5
- Corticosteroids 12
- Diabetes medicines 8
- Esters 8
- Fatty acids 20
- Flavonoids 13
- Glycosides 7
- Hard mineral solids 4
- Hormone medicines 13
- Immunosuppressants 3
- Inorganic compounds 24
- Ketones 7
- Muscle relaxants 5
- Neurotransmitters 8
- Non-opioid painkillers 10
- NSAIDs 10
- Nucleobases 14
- Opioids 12
- Organic acids 37
- Organohalogens 6
- Over-the-counter medicines 36
- Parkinson's medicines 6
- Peptides 15
- Phenolic compounds 34
- Plant alkaloids 18
- Polymers 3
- Polysaccharides 8
- Proteins 7
- Retinoids 3
- Sleep medicines 7
- SNRIs 3
- SSRIs 7
- Steroid hormones 14
- Stimulants 12
- Sugar alcohols 8
- Sugars 21
- Sulfur compounds 3
- Terpenes 6
- Terpenoids 20
- Tricyclic antidepressants 5
- Vitamins 27
More kinds of molecule
Chemical groups
- Alcohols 254
- Aldehydes 18
- Amides 148
- Amines 201
- Aromatics 384
- Carboxylic Acids 163
- Esters 87
- Ethers 221
- Halogenated 137
- Ketones 96
- Phenols 112
- Phosphates 31
- Thiols 9
By element
Hazard labels
- Acutely toxic 142
- Compressed gas 20
- Corrosive 116
- Environmental hazard 141
- Flammable 87
- GHS Danger 364
- GHS Warning 276
- Health hazard 283
- Irritant 505
- Oxidizing 10
By size
Tools and teaching
- Scoville comparer: how much hotter one molecule or pepper is than another.
- For the classroom: five lessons and cards to embed.