Butenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann

Katherine D Watson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Published online: May 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002380

1903–1995 German biochemist who pioneered the chemistry of sex hormones.

Keywords: hormone; progesterone; androsterone; oestrone; pheromone

 Further Reading
    book Butenandt A (1981) Das Werk eines Lebens. Munich: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
    Akhtar M and Akhtar ME (1998) Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 44: 77–92.
    book Farber E (1963) Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry 1901–1961. London: Abelard-Schuman.
    book James LK (ed.) (1993) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society and Chemical Heritage Foundation.
    book Karlson P (1990) Adolf Butenandt: Biochemiker, Hormonforscher, Wissenschafts-politiker. Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.
    Karlson P (1995) Adolf Butenandt, March 24, 1903 – January 18, 1995. Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler 376: 395–396.
    Karlson P (1995) Adolf Butenandt (1903–1995). Nature 373: 660.
    book McMurray EJ (ed.) (1995) Notable Twentieth Century Scientists. New York: Gale Research.
    book Wasson T (ed.) (1987) Nobel Prize Winners. New York: HW Wilson Company.

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Watson, Katherine D(May 2001) Butenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002380]