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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

RUZICKA, Leopold (1887 – 1976)

1887 – 1976

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1934 CE

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Über die Synthese des Testikelhormons (Androsteron) und Stereoisomerer desselben durch Abbau hydrierter Sterine.

RUZICKA, Leopold (1887 – 1976) & et al.

First complete synthesis of a sex hormone (androsterone). With M. W. Goldberg, J. Meyer, H. Brüngger, and E. Eichenberger. In 1939 Ruzicka shared the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Butenandt (No. 1195) "for h…