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Pioneer in the Chemical Synthesis of Medicinal Drugs From Plants​


Date: 1940​


Who: Dr. Percy Julian​


Where: DePauw University, Indiana​


What: Dr. Julian discovered how to extract steroids from soybean oil and synthesize the hormones progesterone and testosterone from them, and then synthesized cortisone, which became used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. He also completed the first total synthesis of a chemical called physostigmine, which was used to treat glaucoma​


Learn more:Percy Lavon Julian - American Chemical Society (acs.org)​





Barohn, R. J. (2021). Percy Lavon Julian PhD-The Man Who Wouldn’t Give Up. RRNMF Neuromuscular Journal, 2(2), 8-12.​

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