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Jun 21, 1851 Died on 26 Jan 1921 (aged 69)
French chemist
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About Émile Bourquelot
- Émile Bourquelot (21 June 1851 – 26 January 1921) was a French chemist, and professor of pharmacy at the University of Paris.
- He was born in Jandun (Ardennes, France), to a farmer, and was the eldest of three sons.
- Bourqelot became the Chief Pharmacist at the Laënnec Hospital in 1887, where he established a laboratory to conduct his research into carbohydrate chemistry.
- Bourquelot and other French pharmacists pioneered the study of plant glycosides, molecules in which a sugar is bound to a non-carbohydrate part.
- They developed methods to stabilize these compounds in solution, and detect them enzymatically.
- He died at the age of 70 on January 26, 1921, from pneumonia. The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Prix Montagne for 1897.
