Misplaced Pages

Friedrich Gaedcke

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by VolkovBot (talk | contribs) at 17:00, 14 February 2009 (robot Adding: de:Friedrich Gaedcke). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Revision as of 17:00, 14 February 2009 by VolkovBot (talk | contribs) (robot Adding: de:Friedrich Gaedcke)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Friedrich Gaedcke
Born1828
Died1890
NationalityGerman

Friedrich Gaedcke (1828-1890) was a German chemist. He was the first person to isolate the cocaine alkaloid which happened in 1855.

Gaedcke named the alkaloid “erythroxyline,” and published a description in the journal Archiv der Pharmazie.

Gaedcke worked in a phamacy in Rostock and studied in Rostock between 1850 and 1851. He worked in apharmay in Dömitz until his death in 1890.

References

  1. F. Gaedcke (1855). "Ueber das Erythroxylin, dargestellt aus den Blättern des in Südamerika cultivirten Strauches Erythroxylon Coca Lam". Archiv der Pharmazie. 132 (2): 141–150. doi:10.1002/ardp.18551320208.
  2. Zaunick R. (1956). "Early history of cocaine isolation: Domitzer pharmacist Friedrich Gaedcke (1828-1890); contribution to Mecklenburg pharmaceutical history". Beitr Gesch Pharm Ihrer Nachbargeb. 7 (2): 5–15. PMID 13395966.
Flag of GermanyScientist icon Stub icon

This article about a German chemist is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: