Reinout Ferdinand Alexander Altman, Dutch-born Brazilian chemist (Indonesia 08 March 1909 – Rio de Janeiro 24 September 1993)

CONTRIBUTIONS

With G.M. Kraay. Isolation and identification of lecithins from Hevea latex. Arch. Rubbercultuur. 24:58-73, 1940

Development of a general scheme of analysis. Arch. Rubbercultuur 25:1-13, 1941

Rubber metabolism in plant life. Development of a new theory. Intern. Congr. Biochem. Abst. Commun. Cambridge p.496-7, 1949 

With P.M. Cotias & L. Spoladore. BUSP: a slowly growing experimental fibrosarcoma. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 71(4):485-92, 1973

A simple method for the rapid production of atherosclerosis in rats. Experimentia 25:256, 1973

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chemistry

With S.F.A. Souto. Duas oleaginosas da Amazônia. Publ. INPA Quim. 9 (1965)

With P.C. de Oliveira, E.G.O. Silva, M.L. da Silva & M.C.S. Neves. Estudos sobre o fruto de “umari” (Poraqueiba paraensis Ducke e P. sericea Tulasne). Publ. INPA Quim. 8 (1964)

With M.M.C. de Cordeiro. A industrialização do fruto do buriti (Mauritia vinifera Mart. ou M. flexuosa). Publ. INPA Quim. 5 (1964)

With A.B. Seixas & H.B. de Souza. Le curupira. Oleagineux 15(7):555-64, 1960

A exploração industrial de sementes oleaginosas amazônicas. Publ. INPA Quim. 4:3-24, 1958

A presença de santonina no caxinguiba (Ficus antihelmintica Mart.): nota preliminar. Publ. INPA Quim 3 (1958)

A presença de escatol no Tachy preto (Tachigalia mirmecophila Ducke). Publ. INPA Quim. 2, 1958

A presença de iombina na “catuaba” (Pouteria sp.). Publ. INPA Quim. 1 (1958)

Estudos químicos de plantas amazônicas. Bol. Tecn. IAN 31:1-111, 1956

O caroço de açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.). Bol. Tecn. IAN 31:109-11, 1956

O leite de assacu ou arvore do diabo (Hura crepitans L.): nota preliminar. Publ. Avulsas INPA 1 (1956)

Steroidal sapogenins in Amazonian plants. Nature 173(4414): 1098, 1954

Natural vulcanization accelerators in Hevea latex. Ind. Eng. Chem. 40:241-9, 1948

Natural coagulation of Hevea latex. Rubber Chem. Technol. 20(4):1124-32, 1947

Organic analysis of Hevea latex. VI. Alkaloids in whole-latex rubber. Arch. Rubbercult. Ned. Ind. 25:14-7, 1941

Contribution à l’étude des medicaments de synthese contra la malaria. Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays Bas 57(9):941-63, 1937

Medicine

With A.S. Ramos de Souza. Mechanism of progression and regression of atherosclerosis (1985)

With G.M.V. Schaeffer, C.A. Salles, A.S. Ramos de Souza & P.M.T. Cotias. Phospholipids associated with vitamin C in experimental atherosclerosis. Arznein. Forsch./Drug Res. 30:627-30, 1980

With P.M.T. Cotias & I.B. Kerr. Action of snake venom on tumour cells. Arch. Geschwulfstforsch. 44(4):343-6, 1974

With J.M. de Mendonça, G.M.V. Schaeffer, J.R. de Souza & J.G. Bandoli. Phospholipids in experimental atherosclerosis. Arzneim Forsch. 24:11-6, 1974 

Carcinogenicity of cholesterol inhibited by phospholipids. Arch. Geschwulfstforsch 41:107-9, 1973

With L.G. Spodalore & E.L. Esch. Growth inhibition of tumour in plants by associated surface active agents. Brit. J. Cancer 24(3):528-34, 1970

With L.G. Spodalore. Glucemic agents associated with phospholipids and cholesterol as growth inhibitors of implanted tumours. Arch. Geschwulfst. 35(3):207-16, 1970 

PATENTS

A process for production of remedies against paludism (1939)

Injectable lecithin preparation US4252793A (1979)