2025年1月14日 · Adolf Butenandt (born March 24, 1903, Bremerhaven-Lehe, Germany—died January 18, 1995, Munich) was a German biochemist who, with Leopold Ruzicka, was awarded the 1939 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on sex hormones.

The 1939 Nobel Prize in chemistry was shared by the German biochemist Adolf Friedrich J. Butenandt and the Croatian-Swiss chemist Leopold Ruzicka (1887-1976) for work on sex hormones, although these scientists worked independently of each other.

The 1939 Nobel Prize in chemistry was shared by the German biochemist Adolf Friedrich J. Butenandt and the Croatian-Swiss chemist Leopold Ruzicka (1887-1976) for work on sex hormones, although these scientists worked independently of each other.

Butenandt became famous for his work to isolate, structurally elucidate and synthesise sex hormones. For this research he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (for his work on sex hormones, shared with Leopold Ružička), which he had to …

achievements of Adolf Butenandt were underpinned by his excellent understanding of chemistry as well as biology, particularly reproductive physiology, and entitle him to be regarded as one of the most influential hormonologists of the twentieth century.

1995年1月20日 · Adolf Butenandt, a German scientist whose pioneering work on sex hormones earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939, died Wednesday in Munich at age 91.

1995年1月18日 · Adolf Butenandt studied chemistry, physics and biology in Marburg and Göttingen. After holding a professorship in organic chemistry at the Technical University in Danzig (1933-36) and acting as a visiting researcher at the Rockefeller Foundation in the U.S.A., he became head of the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute for bio-chemistry in 1936, a position ...

1998年11月1日 · Adolf Butenandt belongs to that era of Germany when its scientists were at the forefront in confronting technically challenging problems, in the solution of which their traditional Teutonic thoroughness and determination played as important a role as flair and inventiveness.

In 1939 Adolf Butenandt (1903 to 1995) received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his fundamental experimental work on sex hormones (together with Leopold Ruzicka). From 1921 to 1927 Butenandt studied Chemistry, Biology and Physics at the Universities of …

Butenandt died on January 18, 1995, in Munich, Germany; he was 91 years old. He was honored on a stamp (Scott No. 1635b) issued in 1995 by Gambia. From the Mayo Clinic, Roch-ester, MN (M.A.S., R.A.K.); and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA (D.P.S.). STAMP VIGNETTE ON MEDICAL SCIENCE