Keizo Uenaka

Japanese: 上中啓三 - うえなか けいぞう
Keizo Uenaka
1876-1960 A chemist from the Meiji to Showa era.
Born June 29, 1876. After working at the Tokyo Hygienic Laboratory, he became an assistant to Takamine Jokichi in New York in 1900. In the same year, together with Takamine, he became the first in the world to successfully extract and crystallize a hormone from the adrenal gland, which he named adrenaline. After returning to Japan, he joined Sankyo and in 1920 led the domestic production of adrenaline. He passed away on January 11, 1960. He was 83 years old. He was from Hyogo Prefecture.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:
1876-1960 明治-昭和時代の化学者。
明治9年6月29日生まれ。東京衛生試験所をへて,明治33年ニューヨークの高峰譲吉の助手となる。同年高峰とともに世界ではじめて副腎からホルモンの抽出,結晶化に成功し,アドレナリンと命名。帰国後三共にはいり,大正9年アドレナリンの国産化を指導した。昭和35年1月11日死去。83歳。兵庫県出身。

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