Biography
Norman Sapeika, Jewish South African pharmacologist (Oudtshoorn, Cape Province 17 January 1909 – ?)
From Lithuanian father and Polish mother
SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY
Actions and uses of drugs (book)
With E.R. Kaplan. Effect of the antiepileptic drug sodium valproate on induction of hepatic microsomal P450. Res. Comm. Chem. Path. Pharmacol. 10:767-8, 1975
With J.H. Holmes & H. Zwarenstein. Effects of anti-obesity drugs on lipase activity in vitro. Res. Commun. Chem. Path. Pharmacol. 10:735, 1975
Drugs in obesity. S. Afr. Med. J. 48:2027-30, 1974
The toxicity of foods of natural origin. Trans R. Soc. S. Afr. 41:1-17, 1974
With E.L. Stephens. Clitocybe africana. S. Afr. J. Med. 39:749-50, 1965
With C.J. uys & D. McKenzie. The cape death cup (Amanita capensis), an experimental investigation. S. Afr. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 6:12-20, 1960
The excretion of drugs, pesticides and radionuclides in milk. S. Afr. Med. J. 33:818-20, 1959
Radiographic use of lead EDTA in man. Brit. Med. J. 2:167-9, 1955
Actions of lead EDTA complex. Arch. Internat. Pharmacodynam. 101:488-94, 1955
Antagonism of digitalis action by EDTA. Arch. Intern. Pharmacodin. 97:373-8, 1954
The Senecio alkaloids. S. Afr. Med. J. 26:485, 1952
The action of venenatin, a glycoside from Acokanthera venenata. S. Afr. J. Med. Sci. 14:87-8, 1949
The actions of rubellin and prorubellidin (in comparison with transvaalin) 1949
Mussel poisoning. S. Afr. Med. J. 22:337, 1948
Adrenal cortex and arterial hypertension. Arch. Intern. Med. 82(3):263-309, 1948
With L. Berk. Determination of circulation time: unsuitability of papaverine. Am Heart J. 30:365-6, 1945
The action of rubellin, a glycoside from Ursinea rubella. S. Afr. J. Med. Sci. 9:31-2, 1944
Fatal human poisoning from plants in Southern Africa. Clin. Proceed. 3:264-71, 1944
Gonadotrophs action of desoxycorticosterone acetate in Xenopus laevis S. Afr. J. Med. Sciences (1942)
Weather changes and eclampsia. J. Obst. Gynaec. Brit. Emp. 53;461, 1941
Pharmacological actions of Adenium oleifolium S. Afr. J. Med. Science (1941)
With H.A. Shapiro & M.H. Finlayson. Pharmacological actions of the venom of Lairodectus indistinctus. S. Afr. J. Med. Sci. 4;1017, 1939
The excretion of drugs in human milk: a review. J. Obst. Gynaec. Brit. Emp. 54:426-31, 1937
With J.W.C. Gunn. The biological assay of digitalis preparations: potency corresponding to mortality of frogs (Xenopus laevis). S. Afr. J. Med. Sci. 1:191-2, 1936
The pharmacological actions of plants of the genera Cotyledon and Crassula. N.O. Crassulaceae. Arch. Intern. Pharm. Ther. LIV:307-28, 1936
The toxicity of certain alcohols to Xenopus laevis. Arch. Int. Pharmacodyn. 50:296-7, 1935
The responses of the batrachians alimentary canal to autonomic drugs: Xenopus laevis (South African clawed toad) – acetylcholine. Arch. Int. Pharmacodyn. 49:115-7, 1934
HONOURS
Marquis Who’s Who in the World (1978-9)
The International Who’s Who, Europa Publications Limited (1974)