Butenandt

(bo̵̅o̅t′'n änt)

Butenandt, Adolf (Frederick Johann) 1903-95; Ger. chemist

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German chemist. He shared a 1939 Nobel Prize for his work on sexual hormones but declined the honor following a Nazi edict prohibiting acceptance.

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