Adolf Windaus
| Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
25 December 1876 Berlin, German Empire |
| Died |
9 June 1959 (aged 82) Göttingen, West Germany |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Fields |
Organic chemistry biochemistry |
| Doctoral students |
Adolf Butenandt Erhard Fernholz |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1928) |
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus (25 December 1876 – 9 June 1959) was a German chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928 for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins. He was the doctoral advisor of Adolf Butenandt who also won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939.
Adolf Windaus was born in Berlin. His interest in chemistry was raised by lectures of Emil Fischer. He started studying medicine and chemistry in Berlin and later in Freiburg. He got his PhD in early 1900 and focused on cholesterol and other sterols at the University of Freiburg. In 1913 he became professor of chemistry at the University of Innsbruck and in 1915 he changed to the University of Göttingen where he stayed until his retirement in 1944.
He was involved in the discovery of the transformation of cholesterol through several steps to vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol). He gave his patents to Merck and Bayer and they brought out the medical Vigantol in 1927.[1]
 vitamin D3 |
 7-Dehydrocholesterol |
References
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Sources
- Karl Dimroth (1976). "Das Portrait: Adolf Windaus 1876-1959". Chemie in unserer Zeit. 10 (6): 175–179. doi:10.1002/ciuz.19760100603.
- H. H. Inhoffen (1960). "Adolf Windaus zum Gedächtnis". Naturwissenschaften. 47 (5): 97–99. Bibcode:1960NW.....47...97I. doi:10.1007/BF00628571.
- George Wolf (2004). "The Discovery of Vitamin D: The Contribution of Adolf Windaus" (PDF). J. Nutr. 134 (6): 1299–1302. PMID 15173387.
- Adolf Butenandt (1960). "Zur Geschichte der Sterin- und Vitamin-Forschung. Adolf Windaus zum Gedächtnis". J. Nutr. 72 (18): 645–651. doi:10.1002/ange.19600721802.
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