Vladimir Sergeevich Gulevich (russian: Владимир Сергеевич Гулевич; 18 November 1867 – 6 September 1933) was a Russian and Soviet biochemist who first isolated

carnitine Carnitine is a quaternary ammonium compound involved in metabolism in most mammals, plants, and some bacteria. In support of energy metabolism, carnitine transports long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria to be oxidized for energy production, an ...

from mammalian muscle.

Biography

Gulevich graduated in 1890 and received the degree of doctor of medicine in 1896 from the department of medicine of

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

. From 1899 to 1900 he was a professor at the University of Kharkov. From 1900, he joined the

where he was rector for a brief period of time in 1919. Vladimir Sergeevich Gulevich was elected member of

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in 1928. He was a full member of the

USSR Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...

since 1929.

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Biography (Russian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulevich, Vladimir Sergeevich 1867 births 1933 deaths Russian biochemists Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Professorships at the Imperial Moscow University Academic staff of Moscow State University Imperial Moscow University alumni Rectors of Moscow State University