Jōkichi Takamine

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Jōkichi Takamine Jōkichi Takamine (Japanese, Takamine Jōkichi, born November 3, 1854 in Takao, New York, July 22, 1922) is a Japanese chemist.

He was born in Takao, Toyama Prefecture as the son of a doctor. As a kid he learned English from a Dutch family in Nagasaki and spoke English with a Dutch accent for the rest of his life. He studied in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo. In 1879 he graduated from the Imperial University of Tokyo.

He studied doctoral studies at the University of Glasgow and at Anderson College. In 1883 he returned to Japan and began work at the Department of Chemistry of the Ministry of Agriculture and Trade.

In 1884 he married Caroline Field Hitch, with whom he had two children.

In 1887 he founded the Fertilizer Company in Tokyo, where the enzyme takadiastaza was isolated. Work on this approach has enabled us to advance in rice fermentation and sake production.

In 1894 he went to the United States and founded his own laboratory in New York and patented the production of taxidermy. In 1901 he was able to isolate and clean the adrenaline derived from animal glands. It was the first hormone obtained in crystalline form. Bibliography Authoritative control (person):

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