Friedrich Gaedcke
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Friedrich Gaedcke
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5 June 1828 |
| Died |
19 September 1890 |
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Germany |
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German |
Friedrich Georg Carl (Friedrich) Gaedcke (5 June 1828 - 19 September 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.[1][2]
Gaedcke worked in a pharmacy in Rostock and studied in Rostock between 1850 and 1851. In 1856, he took over a pharmacy in Dömitz which he ran for 34 years.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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5 June 1828 |
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19 September 1890 |
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