Vittorio Erspamer

Vittorio Erspamer
Born(1909-07-30)30 July 1909
Malosco, Austria-Hungary
Died25 October 1999(1999-10-25) (aged 90)
Rome, Italy
Known forDiscoverer of serotonin and octopamine

Vittorio Erspamer (30 July 1909 – 25 October 1999) was an Italian pharmacologist and chemist, known for the identification, synthesis and pharmacological studies of more than sixty new chemical compounds, most notably serotonin and octopamine.

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