Richard Tecwyn Williams

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birth_date = February 20, 1900
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death_date = death date and age|1979|12|29|1909|2|20
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nationality = British
ethnicity = Welsh
field = Xenobiotic metabolism
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Richard Tecwyn Williams (1909-1979) was a Welsh biochemist who founded the systematic study of xenobiotic metabolism with the publication of his book "Detoxication mechanisms" in 1947. [ [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0080-4606(198211)28%3C685%3ARTW2F1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P Richard Tecwyn Williams. 20 February 1909-29 December 1979] A. Neuberger, R. L. Smith Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. 28, Nov., 1982 (Nov., 1982), pp. 685-717] This seminal book built on his earlier work on the role of glucuronic acid in the metabolism of borneol. [cite journal |author=Pryde J, Williams RT |title=The biochemistry and physiology of glucuronic acid: A note on the conjugation of borneol in man |journal=Biochem. J. |volume=30 |issue=5 |pages=799–800 |year=1936 |pmid=16746091 |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1263101&blobtype=pdf] [cite journal |author=Pryde J, Williams RT |title=The biochemistry and physiology of glucuronic acid: The structure of glucuronic acid of animal origin |journal=Biochem. J. |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=1197–204 |year=1933 |pmid=16745211 |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16745211]

References

Bibliography

*Williams, R.T., "Detoxication Mechanisms, J.Wiley & Sons, New York, N.Y. (1947)

External links

* [http://www.issx.org/hisaug.html History of Xenobiotic Metabolism: R.T.Williams:The Founding of the Field] International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics