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    Which Australian scientist had a reduction process named after him which enabled the modification of steroids?

    Question #88083. Asked by dee4num. (Nov 03 07 8:57 PM)


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    		The development of the oral contraceptive pill was not the aim of chemist Arthur Birch. He refined a chemical reaction in 1950—now called the Birch Reduction Method—that allowed the activity of steroids to be modified. Today 70 million women across the world take the oral contraceptive pill. It is also the preferred contraceptive choice for 52 per cent of visitors to Australian Family Planning Clinics.


    http://www.science.org.au/eureka/teachersnotes.htm


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Birch





    Nov 04 07, 5:05 AM

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