Description: (German Biochemist Who Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for His Work on Sex Hormones)
Adolf Butenandt, a prominent German biochemist, is renowned for his revolutionary research on sex hormones, earning him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939. He held the position of President at the Max Planck Society from 1960 to 1972 and made significant contributions to the field of biochemistry. In 1959, Butenandt discovered the structure of the sex pheromone of silkworms, which he named bombykol. Initially declining the Nobel Prize, he later accepted it in 1949 following World War II.