Butenandt's Nobel Prize was shared with whom?
Marie Curie
Albert Einstein
Leopold Ruzicka
Otto Hahn
Answer
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939 was shared between Adolf Butenandt and Leopold Ruzicka for their work on sex hormones. Butenandt isolated the female sex hormone estrone from urine, while Ruzicka synthesized the male sex hormone testosterone from cholesterol. Their work laid the foundation for the development of hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives.
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