Nuno Álvares Pereira, Brazilian
pharmacologist (Rio de Janeiro 12 August 1920 – Rio de Janeiro 10 January 2012) Authored over 100 scientific works mainly on natural
products pharmacology With H. Moussatché gave pioneering contributions to
knowledge of corticotrophic hormones Proposed a method for dosage of heparin Notas sobre a padronização e ensaio da heparina. Rev. Bras. Farm. 11:423, 1953 Discovered alkaloid polyneuridine from Aspidosperma polyneuron With L. Antonaccio, B. Gilbert, C. Dejerassi et al.
Polyneuridine, a new alkaloid from Aspidosperma
polyneuron and some observations on mass spectra of indole alkaloids. J.
Amer. Chem. Soc. 84 (2161): 70, 1962 With R.J. Siqueira Jaccoud first showed cardiotonic activity of Oxypetalum balansae (1979) Discovered alkaloid nitidine from Fagara tingoassuiba, that is able to inhibit reverse transcriptase
(1990s) With W.B. Mors & C.T. Rizzini Medicinal Plants
of Brazil with international circulation (2000) MEMBERSHIP Active Member, New York Academy of Sciences (1963) Member, American Society of Pharmacognosy (1970) |
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