Friedrich Gaedcke
German chemist
Friedrich Georg Carl Gaedcke was a German chemist. He was the first person to isolate the cocaine alkaloid in 1855.
Gaedcke named the alkaloid “erythroxyline, ” and published a description in the journal Archiv der Pharmazie.
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Born: June 5, 1828, Bonn, Germany
Died: September 19, 1890 (age 62 years), Dömitz, Germany