Ethel Mary Doidge
Ethel Mary Doidge, English-born South African mycologist and plant microbiologist (Nottingham, England 31 May 1887 – Anerley, South Coast, Natal 22 September 1965) Identified hundreds of new fungal species and some bacterial species DESCRIBED VALID FUNGI GENERA (1921) Macowaniella Palawaniella Parastigmatea DESCRIBED (incomplete) A wilt disease of cucurbits with L.J. Kresfelder (1932) A geranium rust caused by Puccinia pelargonii zonale (1926) Doidge bacterial spot disease caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria (1920) A bacterial spot of citrus (1917) A bacterial blight of pear blossoms (1917) A bacterial disease of mango (Bacillus mangiferae) 1915
Ernesto Dallas
Ernesto David Dallas, Argentine physician and entomologist (1885 – 1943) Expert on insects teratology DESCRIBED Calosoma miniatura 1939 (Coleoptera) Chiasognathus grantii pygmaea 1933 (Coleoptera) HONORS Dallasimyia Blanchard 1944 (Diptera)
Ermias Dagne
Ermias Dagne, Ethiopian natural products chemist (Deder, Harar 08 June 1944 – Developed chemical compounds in isolation for use in pharmaceutical preparations With H. Thomsen, K. Heider, K. Franke et al. developed a simple, inexpensive bioassay against the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans using antihelmitic active extracts of plant Hagenia abyssinica (2012) With A. Yenesew, S. Asmellash, S. Mavi et al. first to report isoeleutherol as a natural product (1994) With W. Mammo, I. Casser & W. Steglich discovered araliorhamnones, a new class of anthraquinone lactones with three adjacent C-substituents on ring C (1990) With E. Berhanu first to report aloe-emodin acetate in Liliaceae family (1985) With W. Steglich obtained the first phenyl anthraquinones (1984) With W. Steglich isolated erymelanthine, a new type of Erythrina alkaloid containing a 16-azaerythrinane skeleton (1983) With N. Castagnoli Jr. found a new metabolite of nicotine (cotinine-N-oxide) in 1972 Obtained more than 60 new chemicals from African flora SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With M. Induli, M. Gebru, N. Abdissa et al. Antiplasmodial quinones from the rhizomes of Kniphofia foliosa. Nat. Prod. Comm. 8(9):1261-4, 2013 With A. Debeko, M. Lang, K. Polborn & W. Steglich. Four lignans from Commiphora erlangeriana. J. Nat. Prod. 65(9):1252-7, 2009 With A. Dekebo & O. Sterner. Furanosesquiterpenes from Commiphora sphaerocarpa and related adulterants of true myrrh. Fitoterapia 73(1):48-55, 2002 With A. Dekebo, L.K. Hansen, O.R. Gautum & A.J. Aasen. Two octanordammarane triterpenes from Commiphora kua. Phytochem. 59(4):399-403, 2002 With D. Bisrat, C. Codina & J. Bastida. A C,O-diglucosylated oxanthrone from Aloe littoralis. Phytochem. 48(5):903-5, 1998 With E. Yankep & Z.T. Fomum. An O-geranylated isoflavone from Millettia griffoniana. Phytochem. 46(3):591-3, 1997 With A.A.L. Gunatilaka et al. Two new cytotoxic cytochalasins from Xylaria obovata. Tetrahedron (1994) With M. Alemu & O. Sterner. Flavonoids from Euclea divinorum. Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 7(2):87-92, 1993 With A.A.L. Gunatilaka & D.G.I. Kingston. Two bioactive pterocarpans from Erythrina burana. J. Nat. Prod. 56(10):1831-4, 1993 With E. Berhanu & W. Steglich. New bianthraquinone pigments from Kniphofia species. Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 1(1):32-5, 1987 With W. Steglich. Knipholone: an unique anthraquinone derivative from Kniphofia foliosa. Phytochem. 23:1729-32, 1984
Enrique Del Solar
Enrique Manuel Del Solar Caceda, Peruvian fisheries biologist (Ica 05 November 1911 – Miami, United States 1990) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Ensayo sobre la ecologia de la anchoveta. Bol.Comp. Adm. Guano 18:3-23, 1942 With F. Blancas S. & R. Mayta L. Catalogo de crustáceos del Peru, 1970 Crustaceos braquiuros (cangrejos), anomuros y estomatopodos em las zonas nerito-pelágicas y litoral de Tumbes. Bol. Soc. Geogr. Lima 89:40-48, 1970 Addenda al catalogo de crustáceos del Perú. Inf. Inst. Mar. Peru 38:1-21, 1972 La merluza (Merluccius gayi Guichenot) como indicador de la riqueza biotica de la plataforma continental del norte del Peru. Publ. Soc. Nac. Pesqu. HONORS Delsolaria Garth 1973 (Crustacea)
Enrique Benjamín del Castillo
Enrique Benjamín del Castillo Mallea, Argentine clinical endocrinologist (Mendoza 14 December 1897 – Buenos Aires 30 June 1969) Authored over 200 papers and 7 books Described Ahumada-del Castillo syndrome Sobre un caso de galactorrea y amenorrea. Bol. Soc. Obst. Ginecol. Buenos Aires 11:64-72, 1932 With A. Lanari. Sindrome caracterizado por crecimiento exagerado, amenorrea y galactorrea. Semana Medica 1:1905, 1933 Described Del Castillo-Trabucco-Balze syndrome With Armando E. Trabucco & F.A. de la Balze. Syndrome produced by absence of germinal epithelium without impairment of Sertoli or Leydig cells. J. Clin. Endocrinol. 7:493-502, 1947 Observed that sex cycle could be seen in urinary sediment what gave rise to urocytogram Found the changes observed in smears of the urinary sediment closely parallel those seen in vaginal smears With J. Argonz & C. Galli-Mainini. Cytological cycle of the urinary sediment and its parallelism with the vaginal cycle. J. Clin. Endocrin. 8:76, 1948 With j. Argonz & C. Galli-Mainini. Smear from the female urethra and their relationship to smears of the urinary sediment. J. Clin. Endocrin. 8:1362, 1949 Demonstrated that daily injections of estrogens during a period of several months to female castrated rats produced the periodic appearance of vaginal estrus separated by diestrus lasting several days With C. Calatroni. Cycle sexuel periodique et folliculine. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. 104:1024, 1930 With G. di Paola confirmed the induced vaginal cycle by estrogens in the woman (1941) Described hypertrophies of sub-maxillary glands in distinct endocrine states
Elias Dolianiti
Elias Dolianiti, Brazilian paleobotanist (Rio de Janeiro 26 January 1911 – Rio de Janeiro 30 July 1985) From Greek ancestry Authored over 30 works World-renowned on Gondwanic flora DESCRIBED FOSSIL PLANTAE TAXA Genera Kegelidium 1954 Paulophyton 1954 Palaeostigma 1957 with Krausel Polysolenoxylon 1958 with Krausel Prototaxoxylon 1958 with Krausel Solenopitys 1958 with Krausel Stephanophyllites 1977 with Millan Species/Varieties Archaeosigillaria picosensis 1957 Chondrodendron brasiliense 1949 Dadoxylon manieroi 1958 with Krausel Diplothmemma gothanica 1954 Gangamopteris buriadica var. acrodeltoidis 1954 Gangamopteris mosesii 1954 Jurinodendron brasiliense 1963 Kegelidium lamegoi 1954 Luehea roxoi 1949 Lycopodites amazonica 1967 Nipa pernambucensis 1955 Ottokaria sancta-catharinae Palaeostigma sewardii 1957 with Krausel Parataxopitys americana 1950 with Milanez Paulophyton sommeri 1954 Protolepidodendron kegeli 1957 with Krausel Prototaxoxylon brasilianum 1958 with Krausel Rhabdotaenia criciumensis 1953 Rubidgea itapemensis 1982 with Millan Rubidgea lanceolata var. truncata 1982 with Millan Solenopitys paulistana 1958 with Krausel Sphenopteris oliveiranus 1954 Sphenopteris santosii 1954 Stephanophyllites sanpaulensis 1980 with Millan Taxopitys alves-pintoi 1958 with Krausel Triphyllopteris alvaro-albertoi 1954 HONORS Dolianitia Millan 1967 (Fossil Plants)