Raul Esteban Trucco, Argentine biochemist (Buenos Aires 02 September 1915 – ?)

With R. Caputto, J. Tang & S. Wolf isolated and crystallized the gastricsin (1958)

With L. F. Leloir, A. Paladini, R. Caputto & C. Cardini isolated glucose 1,6 diphosphate, uridine diphosphate glucose and other sugar nucleotides

With C.E. Cardini. A new phosphoric esther of glucose and its function as a coenzyme. Cien. Invest. 4(10):433-5, 1948

With C.E. Cardini, A. Paladini, R. Caputto & L.F. Leloir. Una nueva reacción de transfosforilación enzimatica (1949)

With R. Caputto. A new galactose-containing compound from mammary glands. Nature 169 (4312):1061-2, 1952

With R. Caputto. Neuramin-lactose, a new compound isolated from the mammary gland of rats. J. Biol. Chem. 206 (2):901-9, 1954

With P. Verdier & A. Rega. New carbohydrate compounds from cow milk. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 15:582-3, 1954

With A.L.A. Cabrera. Isolation and characterization of an unsaponifiable lipid from Neurospora crassa. Biochim. Biophys. Acta (Lipids/Lipid Metabolism) 337(3):377-84, 1974 

Developed a simple and rapid method for the purification of fish myosin with high yield

With C.B. Martone, L. Busconi, E.J. Folco & J.J. Sanchez. A simplified myosin preparation from marine fish species. J. Food Science 51(6):1554-5, 1986  

Methods

With C.A. Barassi, R.P. Pécora & H. Roldan. Total non-volatile free fatty acids as a freshness index for hake (Merluccius hubbsi) stored in ice. J. Sci. Food Agric. 38(4):373-7, 1987

With B. Filsinger, C.A. Barassi & H.M. Lupin. An objective index for the evaluation of the ripening of salted anchovy. Intern. J. Food Sci. Technol. 17(2):193-200, 1982

Papers in top journals (see above)

With S. El Khatib, U.A. Chenau, M.P. Carpenter & R. Caputto. Possible presence of lipid peroxides in tissues of tocopherol-deficient animals. Nature 201 (4915):188-9, 1964

Exchange of 14C-glucose-1-phosphate with uridine-diphosphate-glucose by the galacto-waldenase system. Nature 174 (4441):1103-4, 1954

Patents

With J.S.G. Wolf. Method of isolating gastric secretion inhibitory substance, and the enzyme gastricsin, and the resulting products. US Patent 3, 026,251 (1962)