An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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RUZICKA, Leopold

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

Helv. chim. Acta, 17, 1395-1406, 1934.

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



Subjects: Ductless Glands: Internal Secretion › Gonads: Sex Hormones