Jin Guozhang (; 6 June 1927 – 29 January 2019) was a Chinese
pharmacologist and
psychopathologist. He is considered as a pioneer of modernizing
traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of action ...
.
Biography
Jin was born on June 6 1927 in
Yongkang, Zhejiang, China. He studied at the Department of Pharmacy, School of Sciences,
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a national public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigious C9 League and is selected into the na ...
. He later became a researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica,
Chinese Academy of Sciences (SIMM, CAS). He also served as a professor at the School of Pharmacy,
Fudan University in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
. Jin was elected an academician of the CAS in 2001.
Jin systematically studied the Chinese traditional medicines, their ingredients and compositions. He also identified several important effective ingredients and their pharmacological approaches for some traditional medicines. Jin also holds several
patent
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s of Chinese medicines.
金国章院士荣获2002年何梁何利基金科学与技术奖
/ref> He won the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize
The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (HLHL, ) is a Hong Kong-based non-government organisation which annually bestows prizes upon Chinese scientists. It was established on 30 March 1994, with funds donated from the charitable foundations of Ho Sin Han ...
in 2002.
References
External links
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, CAS - Jin Guozhang
China Vitae - Jin Guozhang
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1927 births
2019 deaths
Chinese pathologists
Chinese pharmacologists
Academic staff of Fudan University
Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
People from Yongkang, Zhejiang
Scientists from Jinhua
Zhejiang University alumni