Choh Hao Li
1913-1987
Chinese-American chemist and endocrinologist who was the first to synthesize a human hormone. Li was also the first to show that hormones, in this case, ACTH (adrenocorticotropic...
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Choh Hao Li
1913-1987
Chinese-American endocrinologist who was the first to synthesize human growth hormone. Li was also the first to determine the exact amino acid sequence and construction of the ho...
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Among other important contributions to endocrinology and neurochemistry, Choh Hao Li identified and isolated seven of the eight peptide hormones secreted by the pituitary gland.Li was born in Canton, ...
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Choh Hao Li is credited with isolating and purifying eight of the ten different hormones manufactured in the front portion, or adenohypophysis, of the pituitary gland . The pituitary is the pea-sized ...
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