The Importance of Otto Gottlieb for Natural Product Chemistry andBrazilian Biodiversity

Authors

  • Marcos Aurélio Gomes da Silva Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Juiz deFora, Brazil. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JCBR/2019(1)107

Keywords:

Natural Product, Chemistry, Brazilian Biodiversity, Otto Gottlieb, Phytochemsitry

Abstract

Pioneer in the study of phytochemistry in the country,Otto Richard Gottlieb was responsible for numerousadvances in natural product chemistry, botanical evolutionresearch and chemical ecology. He also contributedto the development of drugs from his work with neolignans. Deceased on June 20, 2011, at age 90, thismember of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences workedat the largest universities and research institutions inthe country, and knew of the need for multidisciplinaryefforts to understand the workings of nature. the extinctionof important species in the country even beforea mapping was done on the subject.

Author Biography

  • Marcos Aurélio Gomes da Silva, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Juiz deFora, Brazil.

    Marcos Aurélio Gomes da Silva, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Juiz deFora, Brazil.

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Published

2019-12-06

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Volume 1 Issue 1

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Articles