Fortified wine because he was inspired by a German wine flavoured with wormwood, an herb most famously used in distilling absinthe. However, wine flavoured with wormwood goes back to ancient Rome. The modern German word "Wermut" ("Wermuth" in the spelling of Carpano's time) means both "wormwood" and "vermouth". The herbs were originally used to mask raw flavours of cheaper wines, imparting a slightly medicinal "tonic" flavor. Vins doux naturels are lightly fortified wines typically made from white Muscat grapes or red Grenache grapes in the south of France. The production of vins doux naturels was perfected by Arnaud de Villeneuve at the
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Journal of Medicinal Chemistry The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in medicinal chemistry. It is published by the American Chemical Society. It was established in 1959 as the "Journal of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry" and obtained its current name in 1963. The editors-in-chief are Gunda I. Georg (University of Minnesota) and Shaomeng Wang (University of Michigan). They succeeded Philip S. Portoghese (University of Minnesota) in 2012. Portoghese had served as editor-in-chief from 1972-2011. According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal had a 2014 impact factor of 5.447, ranking it 3rd out of 59