Vladimir Gulevich
Vladimir Gulevich | |
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Владимир Сергеевич Гулевич | |
Vladimir S. Gulevich | |
| Born | 18 November 1867 |
| Died | 6 September 1933 (aged 65) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire; Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University (M.D., 1890) |
| Known for | Discovery of carnosine, carnitine and methylguanidine in muscle; work on amino acid and protein chemistry; founding the Moscow school of biochemistry |
| Awards | Orders of St Stanislaus (2nd class), St Anna (2nd class), St Vladimir (4th class) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Kharkiv; Imperial Moscow University; Moscow State University; Higher Women's Courses; Moscow Commercial Institute; All-Union Institute of Experimental Medicine |
Vladimir Sergeevich Gulevich (Russian: Владимир Сергеевич Гулевич; 18 November 1867 – 6 September 1933) was a Russian and Soviet biochemist, one of the founders of Russian biochemistry. He spent most of his career at Moscow State University, where he became full professor and head of medical chemistry and served as rector for several months in 1919.
Working with his students and collaborators, Gulevich was the first to isolate the dipeptide carnosine and the compounds carnitine and methylguanidine from mammalian muscle, and he played a major role in the development of medical chemical analysis and biochemical education in Russia.