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ABRAHAM, Sir Edward Penley (1913 – 1999)

1913 – 1999

8 entries in the GMN corpus.

1940 CE

#1933.3

An enzyme from bacteria able to destroy penicillin.

Penicillinase.

1941 CE

#1934.1

Further observations on penicillin.

First report of the chemotherapeutic action of penicillin on humans (10 cases).

1942 CE

#14282

Purification of penicillin.

Abraham and Chain first announced the purification of penicillin, a critical step before production of the drug could begin, in a two paragraph paper published on a single page of Nature on March 21, 1942. The method,…

1943 CE

#1934.2

Penicillamine, a characteristic degradation product of penicillin.

With W. Baker.

1949 CE

#12613

Antibiotics: A survey of penicillin, streptomycin, and other antimicrobial substances from fungi, actinomycetes, bacteria, and plants. 2 vols.

Order of authorship of the original set: H. W. Florey, Chain, Heatley, Jennings, Sanders, Abraham, M. E. Florey.

1951 CE

#1945.2

Isolation of antibiotics from a species of Cephalosporium. Cephalosporins P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5.

1954 CE

#1947

Purification and some properties of cephalosporin N, a new penicillin.

With G. G. F. Newton and C. W. Hale.

1955 CE

#1947.1

Cephalosporin C, a new antibiotic containing sulpher and d-x aminoadipic acid.