Pedro Galindo
Pedro Galindo Vallarino, Panamanian medical entomologist (Ciudad de Panama 27 October 1916 – Cuesta de Piedra, Chiriquí Province 08 October 2007) Authored over 90 works DESCRIBED DIPTERA TAXA Subgenus Belkinomyia 1973 with Adames Species Aedes leucophoebus 1952 with Carpenter & Trapido Aedes clarki 1952 with Carpenter Culex adamesi 1980 with Sirivanakam Culex (Belkinomyia) eldridgei 1973 with Adames Culex arboricolus 1961 with Mendez Culex bilobatus 1954 with Blanton Culex caribeanus 1954 with Blanton Culex changuinolae 1954 with Blanton Culex erethynzofer 1954 with Blanton Culex fairchildi 1954 with Blanton Culex intonsus 1954 with Blanton Culex johnsoni 1961 with Mendez Culex keenani 1961 with Mendez Culex laticlasper 1954 with Blanton Culex mesodenticulatus 1961 with Mendez Culex pseudotaeniopus 1954 with Blanton Culex quasihibridus 1954 with Blanton Haemagogus aeritinctus 1967 with Trapido Haemagogus alticola 1965 with Trapido Haemagogus gorgasi 1956 with Trapido Haemagogus mesodentatus 1956 with Trapido Lutzomyia stewarti 1944 with Mangabeira Filho Uronotaenia incognita 1954 with Blanton Uronotaenia paludosa 1954 with Blanton Uronotaenia telmatophila 1954 with Blanton Uronotaenia trapidoi 1954 with Blanton Wyeomyia arborea 1951 with Carpenter & Trapido Wyeomyia nigritubus 1951 with Carpenter & Trapido HONORS Galindomyia Stone & Barreto 1969 (Diptera)
Paulo Gustavo Galvao
Paulo Gustavo Galvão, Brazilian ophthalmologist (Campina Grande, Paraíba State 06 April 1936 – Belo Horizonte 08 December 2015) With R.A. Moura. Modificação da lente de contato de Goldmann para utilização em fotogoniografia. Anais XII congr. Bras. Oftalm. (1962) Developed a new simple technical device for multiplying the light beam With R.A. Moura. Color photography using single and multiple optical sections: a preliminary report. Amer. J. Ophthalm. 55(4):818-20, 1963 TECHNIQUES Developed spatulated divulsion , a type of keratoplasty A technique for sharing cornea to both patients (1990)
Paulo Gagarin
Paulo Gagarin (Pavel Konstantinovich Gagarin), Russian-born Brazilian painter and amateur entomologist (Saint Petersburg 1885 – Rio de Janeiro 1980) DESCRIBED LEPIDOPTERA SPECIES Automeris coresus 1936 Automeris irene 1936 Copiopteryx montei 1933 Pseudautomeris aspera 1936 Pseudautomeris stawiarskii 1936 X. liliana HONORS Gagarinia Lane 1956 (Coleoptera)
Paulo Eneas Galvão
Paulo Eneas Galvão, Brazilian physiologist (Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro State 08 June 1902 – São Paulo 12 January 1978) Authored about 50 works Obtained international recognition for his studies on metabolism in tropical zones and vitamin B role in cell oxidations of nervous tissues Showed the role that plays the vitamin B in cell oxidations of nervous tissue with international attention With D.M. Cardoso. Estudos sobre as oxidações na avitaminose B e no jejum. Arch. Inst. Biol. 3:219-48, 1930 With J. Pereira Jr. Uber den Einfluss der Milchsaure auf die Gehirnatmung der Saugetiere bei avitaminose B. Bioch. Z. 289:136-42, 1936 With J. Pereira Jr. Quociente de oxidação de acido láctico do isthmo do encéfalo de aves normais e em avitaminose B1. Arqu. Inst. Biol. 1940. With J. Pereira Jr. & J.P. Limongi. Lactic acid oxidation quotient in minced brain of normal and avitaminotic chicken. J. Biol. Chem. 157:667-71, 1945 With J. Pereira Jr. developed a technique for dog central nervous system deprivation by compression with sodium chloride hypertonic solution (1942) With J. Pereira Jr comproved that the body only responds to drugs that act independent of reflex mechanisms Showed that the Rubner-Richet surface law is not applicable to the inhabitants of tropical zone Sobre a aplicação intraespecífica da lei da superfície nas regiões tropicais. Thesis, Instituto Biológico, São Paulo (1942) Human heat production in relation to body weight and body surface. I. Inapplicability of the surface law on men of the tropical zone. J. Appl. Physiol. 1:385-94, 1948 Human heat production in relation to body weight and body surface. II. Inapplicability of the surface law on men of the tropical zone. J. Appl. Physiol. 1:395, 1948 Human heat production in relation to body weight and body surface. III. Inapplicability of the surface law on men of the tropical zone. J. Appl. Physiol. 3:21-8, 1950 Proved that human oxygen uptake rate in tropical zones depends on metabolically active weight Demonstrated that basal metabolism should be computed by hour and kilogram of metabolically active tissue (p=P0,83), being P the weight in kilograms Produção de calor em relação ao peso e a superfície corporal. Arqu. Inst. Biol. 1951-2 Developed a method for dosage of lactic acid With C. H. Florence & J. Pereira. Modificação do método permanganico-iodo-metrico para a dosagem do acido latico. Arch. Inst. Biol. 9:39-50, 1938.
Pablo Groeber
Paul Friedrich Karl Groeber, German-born Argentine geologist and stratigrapher (Strasbourg 13 July 1885 – San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province 16 June 1964) Documented the basic structures and magmatic cycles related to the deformation and uplift of Andean mountain range Recognized the main depositional sequences, the different uplift pulses and the migrations in volcanic activity of the region SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Observaciones geologicas a lo largo del meridiano 70 (1946-7) Lineas fundamentales de la geologia del Neuquén, sur de Mendoza y regiones adyacentes (1929) Estratigrafia del dogger en la Republica Argentina (1918) Edad y extensión de las estructuras entre San Juan y Nahuel Huapi (1918) HONORS (Fossil) Groeberella Leanza 1993 & Groebericeras Leanza 1945 (Mollusca) Groeberia Patterson 1952 & Groebertherium Bonaparte 1986 (Mammalia)
Otto Richard Gottlieb
Otto Richard Gottlieb, Czech-born Jewish Brazilian phytochemist and biogeochemist (Brno, Czech Republic 31 Aug 1920 – Rio de Janeiro 19 June 2011) From Czech father and Brazilian mother ACHIEVEMENTS Authored 656 publications (papers, book chapters, 5 books & 2 patents), 637 lectures and 1181 communications to congresses. Founder Quantitative Chemobiology With Nei R. de Brito and Maria R. de Mello B. Borin. Quantitative Chemobiology. Pure & Applied Chemistry. 73(3):583-8, 2001. Founder chemosystematics or Plant Biochemical Systematics Showed how certain pathways could be employed for classification. With Maria Auxiliadora Coelho Kaplan, developed a nomenclature system of chemical compounds in which organic tridimensional structure is displayed as a nodal geometric form representing atoms and links With M.A.C. Kaplan. RNS (Replacement-Nodal-Substractive) nomenclature and codes of chemical compounds. J. Chem. Inf. Comp. Sci. 26(1):1-3, 1986. Proposed a new indicator (Taxonomic Singularity indicator) With M.R. de M.B. Borin. The Diversity of Plants: Where is it? Why is it there? What will it become? Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 66 (Suppl): 55-83, 1994. Proposed herbaceousness index Micromolecular Evolution, systematics and Ecology. An essay into a novel botanical discipline. Springer Verlag, Berlin. 1982 Identified hundred of new lignoids and discovered a new group that named neolignans Chemosystematics of Lauraceae. Phytochemistry 11:1537-1570, 1972. Discovered dalbergiones, a new class of natural products and suggested the name neoflavanoids With W.B. Eyton, W.D. Ollis, I.O. Sutherland, L.M. Jackman & M. Taveira Magalhães. The neoflavanoid group of natural products. I. Dalbergiones: a new group of natural products. Tetrahedron 21(9):2683-96, 1965 Identified and isolated the first odoriferous nitroderived compound (1-nitro-2-phenylethane) in essential oils (with Mauro Taveira Magalhães) With M. T. Magalhães. Occurrence of 1-nitro-2-phenylethane in Ocotea pretiosa and Aniba canelilla. J. Org. Chem. 24:2070, 1959. Isolated anibine alkaloid from Aniba duckei, the first aryl a-pyrone alkaloid displaying an aryl-heterocyclic group With W.B. Mors & C.Djerassi. The Chemistry of Rosewood. Isolation and Structure of Anibine and 4-Methoxyparacotoin. J. Am.Chem. Soc. 79(16):4507-11, 1957. Obtained the first naturally occurring polyhydroxylated pyrrolizidine carboxylic acid With A.C.S. Pereira, J.G.S. Maia, M.A.C. Kaplan, R.J. Nash, G. Fleet, L. Pearse, D.F. Watkin & A.M. Scofield. Isolation of 7a-epialexaflorine from leaves of Alexa grandiflora, an unique pyrrolizidine amino acid with carboxylic acid substituent at C3. Tetrahedron 47(290):5637-40, 1991 Isolated a new type of natural 6-styryl-2-pyrones from Aniba parviflora and reported a general route for their synthesis With A.M. Bittencourt, W.B. Mors, M.T. Magalhães, S. Mageswaran, W.D. Ollis & I.O. Sutherland. The natural occurrence of 6-styryl-2-pyrones and their synthesis. Tetrahedron 27(5):1043-8, 1971 First to isolate 5,6 dehydrokavain from a natural source With W.B. Mors. Identity of compound A from kava root with 5,6 dehydrokavain. J. Org. Chem. 24(10):1614-5, 1959 First report of natural occurrence of isoflavans With K. Kurosawa, W.D. Ollis,, B.T. Redman, I.D. Sutherland, A. B. De Oliveira & H.M. Alves. The natural occurrence of isoflavans and an isoflavan quinone. Chem. Comm.20:1263-4, 1968 With W.D. Ollis, B.T. Redman, R.J. Roberts & I.O. Sutherland recognized the neoflavenes, a new neoflavanoid type (1968) With R. Braz Filho, W.B. Eyton & M. T. Magalhães. A química de leguminosas brasileiras. XII. As apuleínas, flavona-hepta oxigenadas da Apuleia leiocarpa. An. Acad. Bras. Cien. 40(1):23-7, 1968 With J.R. de Souza. 14 oxopeltoginano, novo tipo de flavanona tetraciclina. Cien. Cult. 20(2):152-3, 1968 Found the natural occurrence of benzyl styrenes (c.1966) With F.J. Mattos obtained the first isocucurbitacins (1967) With S.J. Gabriel obtained the first tovoxanthone (1972) With M.C.M. Miraglia, A.A.L. Mesquita, A.P.Paula et al. obtained a dihydrochalcone with a novel structure from fern Pityrogramma calomelanos (1983) With Z.S. Ferreira, N.C. Roque & H.E. Gottlieb obtained a distinct type of benzofuranoid neolignan (1982) With M.G.B. Zoghbi & N.F. Roque obtained the first coumarinoneolignan (1981) With V. da Silva, M.T. Magalhães, H.E. Gottlieb & M.A. Alvarenga obtained diasin, a novel rearranged labdanic diterpene (1978) With J.F. Castelão Jr, R.A. de Lima et al. obtained the first xanthonolignan (1977) With J.C. Aiba & R. Braz Filho proposed the structure of neolignan porosin (1973) With R.G.C. Correa & C.J. Aiba. Natural occurrence of Erdtmann’s dehydrodiisoeugenol. Phytochem. 12:1163-4, 1973 With J. Rego de Sousa found 2 novel types of natural peltogynoids (1972) With N.C. Franca, D.T. Coxon & W.D. Ollis obtained rubrenolide and rubrynolide, two structurally novel natural products from Nectandra rubra (1972) With L.M. Conserva, M. Yoshida, J.C. Martínez & H.E. Gottlieb. The chemistry of Brazilian Myristicaceae. XXXII. Iryantherins, lignoflavonoids of novel structural types from the Myristicaceae. Phytochemistry 29:3911-8, 1990 With N. Boralle proposed oligostilbenes as a new class of condensed tannins (1989) With M.A. de Alvarenga discovered microandrols, a new class of natural phenanthrenes (1973) Papers in top journals With W.B. Mors. Phylogeny of the genus Aniba Aubl. A comparative morphological and chemical observation. Nature 184 (4698):1589, 1959 METHODS A method for volumetric determination of ionic nitrate With M. Taveira Magalhães. Determinação volumétrica do íon nitrato. Bol. Inst. Quim. Agr. 47:7-18, 1956 A new rapid method for quantitative determination of linalol Novo método para a determinação quantitativa do linalol. Revista de Quimica Industrial 16:222, 1947. A process for obtaining anibine and its transformation to nicotinic acid (1967) A process for obtaining 4-methoxy-paracotoin and its transformation to piperonyl-radical containing substances (1963) DEVICES Proposed and patented gasometric titrimetry Simple instrument for titrimetric without indicators. Gas pressure end-point technique. VIII. Acid-base reactions. Anal. Chim.Acta 13:101-107, 1955 Dispositivo simples para titrimetria sem indicadores. I. Acidimetria e alcalimetria. An. Assoc. Quim. Brasil 12:29-33, 1953 Titrimetria gasométrica. Bol. Inst. Quim. Agricola 42 (1955) Titrimetria sem indicadores. Eng. Quim. 5(7):6-9, 1953 Simple instrument for titrimetry without visual indicators. Gasometric titrations. X. Cerimetry, chlorometry, nitrate, nitrite, hydroxide and carbonate determination. Anal. Chim. Acta 13(6):531-42, 1955 Simple instrument for titrimetry without visual indicators. Gas pressure end-point. IX. Iodometry, iodimetry, iodate and periodate titrimetry. Anal. Chim. Acta 13(3):214-21, 1955 Developed a Clevenger apparatus modified With M.T. Magalhães. Modified distillation trap. Chemist. Analyst 49(4):114, 1960. HONORS Pergamon Phytochemistry Prize, Pergamon Press (1992) Doctor Honoris Causa, Universitat Hamburg, 1988 Chemistry Nobel Prize nominee (1998, 1999 & 2000)