John H. Northrop(1891–1987)
ChemistryJohn Howard Northrop was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award was given for these scientists' isolation, crystallization, and study of enzymes, proteins, and viruses. Northrop was a Professor of Bacteriology and Medical Physics, Emeritus, at University of California, Berkeley.
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1946for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form
IndependentMost Cited Works
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New chemical and biological aspects of artemisinin-derived trioxane dimers.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry(2002)
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Orally active, hydrolytically stable, semisynthetic, antimalarial trioxanes in the artemisinin family.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry(1999)
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Antimalarial, antiproliferative, and antitumor activities of artemisinin-derived, chemically robust, trioxane dimers.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry(1999)
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Direct Conversion of Pyranose Anomeric OH→F→R in the Artemisinin Family of Antimalarial Trioxanes.
ChemInform(1998)
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Direct conversion of pyranose anomeric OH→F→R in the artemisinin family of antimalarial trioxanes
Tetrahedron Letters(1998)
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Carbanions. Part 24. Rearrangements of E- and Z-2,2-Diphenyl-3-pentenyl Alkali Metal Compounds.
ChemInform(1989)
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Carbanions. 24. Rearrangements of (E)- and (Z)-2,2-diphenyl-3-pentenylalkali metal compounds
Journal of Organic Chemistry(1989)
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New chemical and biological aspects of artemisinin-derived trioxane dimers.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry2002
44citations
Orally active, hydrolytically stable, semisynthetic, antimalarial trioxanes in the artemisinin family.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry1999
81citations
Antimalarial, antiproliferative, and antitumor activities of artemisinin-derived, chemically robust, trioxane dimers.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry1999
123citations
Direct conversion of pyranose anomeric OH→F→R in the artemisinin family of antimalarial trioxanes
Tetrahedron Letters1998
29citations
Open AccessCarbanions. Part 24. Rearrangements of E- and Z-2,2-Diphenyl-3-pentenyl Alkali Metal Compounds.
ChemInform1989
0citations
Carbanions. 24. Rearrangements of (E)- and (Z)-2,2-diphenyl-3-pentenylalkali metal compounds
Journal of Organic Chemistry1989
9citations
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Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Columbia University
Doctoral Advisors
Jacques LoebThomas Hunt Morgan
Career Timeline
University of California, Berkeley?–present
The Rockefeller University?–present
Columbia University?–present
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Frederick Sanger
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1980)
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Omar Yaghi
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
GW
Greg Winter
Copley Medal (2025)
JM
John Michael Jumper
Fellow of the Royal Society (2025)
RR
Richard Robson
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
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Susumu Kitagawa
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
DH
Demis Hassabis
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024)
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