Yasuhiko Asahina
Japanese pharmacologist and lichenologist
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Yasuhiko Asahina's Degrees
- PhD Pharmacology University of Tokyo
- Masters Pharmacology University of Tokyo
- Bachelors Pharmacy University of Tokyo
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Yasuhiko Asahina was a Japanese chemist and lichenologist. Early life During his childhood, Asahina developed an interest in plants. In 1902, he enrolled in the School of Pharmacy at Tokyo Imperial University, from which he graduated in 1905. Asahina stayed at the university to research the chemical principles of Chinese traditional medicine under Junichiro Shimoyama. His first paper, on styracitol isolation from Styrax obassia, was published in 1907. In 1909, Asahina travelled to Zurich to study phytochemistry under Richard Willstätter. He continued his research on chlorophyll until 1912, when he moved to Berlin. He spent three months in Germany working in the laboratory of Professor Emil Fischer on a styracitol experiment.
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