Friedrich Gaedcke
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1828 – 1890
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Who was Friedrich Gaedcke?
Friedrich Georg Carl Gaedcke was a German chemist. He was the first person to isolate the cocaine alkaloid which happened in 1855.
Gaedcke named the alkaloid “erythroxyline,” and published a description in the journal Archiv der Pharmazie.
Gaedcke worked in a pharmacy in Rostock and studied in Rostock between 1850 and 1851. In 1856, he took over a pharmacy in Dömitz which he ran for 34 years.
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- Born
- Jun 5, 1828
Bonn - Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Germany
- Died
- Sep 19, 1890
Dömitz
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on July 23, 2013
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