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Jokichi Takamine

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Jokichi Takamine , 1854-1922, Japanese chemist. He served (1881-84) as chemist in the employ of the Japanese government and (1887) organized a fertilizer manufacturing company. In 1890 he settled in the United States, where he did research in applied chemistry. He isolated adrenaline (1901) and Taka-Diastase (an enzyme of rice malt). He also devised methods of using the diastase as a starch digestant in manufacturing. Author not available, TAKAMINE, JOKICHI. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

epinephrine
...prepares the body for strenuous activity. The hormone was first extracted (1901) from the adrenal glands of animals by Jokichi Takamine; it was synthesized (1904) by Friedrich Stolz. Epinephrine is used medicinally as a stimulant in cardiac arrest... Read more

Antivivisectionism
...animal subjects. The procedure led in 1901 to the isolation of adrenaline (epinephrine) by Japanese American chemist Jokichi Takamine and Johns Hopkins Medical School chemistpharmacologist John Jacob Abel. Organized Opposition to Vivisection The rise... Read more

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	SLICE OF JAPANESE CULTURE BLOOMING CHERRY TREES, FRIENDSHIP CELEBRATED.(News) ; ...to the United States in the early 20th century. Jokichi Takamine, known for isolating adrenaline in 1901, helped donate the Washington trees, and his grandson, Jokichi ``Joe'' Takamine III, who practices medicine in Santa Monica, was... Read more
	Celebrating 150 years of diplomatic relations Events throughout Chicago area mark sesquicentennial of Matthew Perry's historic landing on hte shores of Japan Events throughout Chicago area mark the sequicentennial of Matthew Perry's historic landing on the shores of Japan ; ...prominent figures in Japanese history, including former prime minister Takahashi Korekiyo, biotechnology pioneer Takamine Jokichi and Asada Eiji, who in 1893 became the first Ph.D. recipient at the University of Chicago. That was also the year... Read more
	Washington Journal; The Cherry Blossoms Still Bloom ; ...a hillside on his own land in Chevy Chase, Md., where he was testing their hardiness. The trees did well, so Dr. Jokichi Takamine, the Japanese chemist famous as the discoverer of adrenaline, and Mr. Mizuno, Japanese consul in New York, met with... Read more
	PICK OF THE DAY; Adrenaline Sky Sports 2, 9.30pm.(Sports) ; ...what happened to the scientist who discovered adrenaline. Jokichi Takamine, rather like a talent scout, spotted adrenaline's potential...launched it into the big time. And where was adrenaline when Jokichi - never more in need of his protege - suffered fatal a heart... Read more
	Obituary: Professor Kenichi Fukui ; ...of prominent Meiji Period scientists who did original research, like Nagayoshi Nagai, the discoverer of ephedrine, Jokichi Takamine who produced the enzyme preparation Taka-Diastase and was the first to crystallise adrenaline, and the biochemist... Read more

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