Friedrich Gaedcke

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Friedrich Gaedcke
Friedrich Gaedcke
Friedrich Gaedcke
Born 1828
Died 1890
Residence Germany
Nationality German

Friedrich Gaedcke (1828-1890) 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.[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.

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  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. 
  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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