Butenandt

Butenandt definition - medical

Bu·te·nandt (bo͞otˈn-äntˌ), Adolf Friedrich 1903-1995.

German chemist. He shared a 1939 Nobel Prize for his work on sexual hormones but declined the honor following a Nazi edict prohibiting acceptance of such prizes.

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