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Ueber die chemische Untersuchung der Sexualhormone.

Z. angew. Chem., 44, 905-08, 1931.

The male sex hormone, androsterone, was isolated in crystalline form by Butenandt.

In 1939 Butenandt received half of  the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on sex hormones." The other half was awarded to Leopold Ruzicka "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes." See No. 1201.

 



Subjects: Ductless Glands: Internal Secretion › Gonads: Sex Hormones, NOBEL PRIZES › Nobel Prize in Chemistry (selected)
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