African-American #chemist, whose 100 patents include the synthesis of #cortisone, #hormones, and…
African-American #chemist, whose 100 patents include the synthesis of #cortisone, #hormones, and other products from #soybeans. He isolated from #plants simple compounds and investigated how they were naturally altered into #chemicals #essential to #life, including #vitamins and hormones; then he attempted to create the #compounds #artificially. Early in his career he synthesized #physostigmine, a #glaucoma drug. A refined soya protein was the basis of #Aero-Foam, a foam #fireextinguisher used by the U.S. Navy in WW II. His efforts led to quantity production of the hormones #progesterone (female), #testosterone (male) and cortisone drugs. In 1950, his home in an all-white suburb was bombed and burned. www.masterdoctorclinic.com
