Mirror, mirror on the wall, which enantiomer is fairest of them all?
Numerous psychotropic drugs exist as a mixture of 2 mirror-image stereoisomers of each other, each called an enantiomer and the mixture called a racemate. Often the drug can be improved when only 1 of the enantiomers is administered.
Stahl
Stephen M
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