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Friedrich Gaedcke
Friedrich Gaedcke
Friedrich Gaedcke
Born1828
Died1890
ResidenceGermany
NationalityGerman

Friedrich Gaedcke (1828-1890) was a German chemist. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He was the first person to isolate the cocaine alkaloid which happened in 1855. Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant This article is about the chemical compounds alkaloids For the Pharmaceutical company in the Republic of Macedonia see Alkaloid (company.

Gaedcke named the alkaloid “erythroxyline,” and published a description in the journal Archiv der Pharmazie. [1][2]

Gaedcke worked in a phamacy in Rostock and studied in Rostock between 1850 and 1851. He worked in apharmay in Dömitz until his death in 1890.

Reference

  1. ^ 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. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document.  
  2. ^ 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.  
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