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Adolf Butenandt

1903–1995 · Germany · 20th century

Nobel Chemistry 1939

German biochemist who pioneered the isolation and structural analysis of sex hormones.

Nobel Prize work

He isolated and determined the structures of the sex hormones estrone, androsterone and progesterone, founding the chemistry of steroid hormones.

Fields

Organic chemistryBiochemistry and biomedical chemistry

Related topics

Lipids and fats

Fats and oils are esters of glycerol with fatty acids; they store energy, do not mix with water, and can be turned into soap.

Chemists in the same field

Arne Tiselius (1902)Kurt Alder (1902)Charles J. Pedersen (1904)Wendell Stanley (1904)Linus Pauling (1901)Vincent du Vigneaud (1901)