历年诺贝尔化学奖获奖者介绍【1947】 SirRobertRobinson
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历年诺贝尔化学奖获奖者介绍【1947】SirRobertRobinson
Facts
name: SirRobertRobinson
Rufford, near Chesterfield, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids."
Prize share: 1/1
Life
Work
Alkaloids are a group of nitrogenous substances that are formed in plants and often have a powerful effect on the human body. They include quinine, cocaine, morphine, strychnine and atropine. Robert Robinson showed that amino acids play an important role in plants' formation of alkaloids. In 1917 he succeeded in synthesizing the troponin alkaloid from three simpler molecules. Previous methods of producing the substance involved complicated reactions in many steps. Robert Robinson's results had significant implications for chemistry, biology and medicine.
Alkaloids are a group of nitrogenous substances that are formed in plants and often have a powerful effect on the human body. They include quinine, cocaine, morphine, strychnine and atropine. Robert Robinson showed that amino acids play an important role in plants' formation of alkaloids. In 1917 he succeeded in synthesizing the troponin alkaloid from three simpler molecules. Previous methods of producing the substance involved complicated reactions in many steps. Robert Robinson's results had significant implications for chemistry, biology and medicine.