Reichstein

NOUN
  1. a Swiss chemist born in Poland; studied the hormones of the adrenal cortex
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  • Still one more was first produced by Reichstein by a semisynthetic method from a derivative of bile acid and thus being readily available, it has been a valuable remedy in cases of Addison's disease and certain other cases of reduced function of the cortex. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 - Presentation Speech
  • As all the cortin substances are closely related to one another, Reichstein's finding implies that, like the sex hormones, they belong to the large and important group of steroids. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 - Presentation Speech
  • The particular compound shown above (which Kendall called "compound B" and Reichstein called "substance H" in the days before its structure was determined) is now called corticosterone (kawr'tih-kos'ter-ohn). The Human Brain
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