Carl djerassi: In his own words

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3268-3279

  Seeman, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Djerassi, Carl; history of chemistry; literature; natural products; steroids

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMISTRY;

DJERASSI, CARL; HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY; LITERATURE; NATURAL PRODUCTS; STEROIDS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; ART; HUMANS; MALE;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84896352801     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201308367     Document Type: Article

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