La investigación química en la creación de la píldora anticonceptiva. Una entrevista a Luis E. Miramontes

Abstract

MEXICO WAS THE SITE OF THE INVESTIGATION THAT LED TO THE CREATION OF THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL. RUSSELL MARKER FOUND PLANTS IN SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO CONTAINING COMPOUNDS FROM WHICH STEROIDS COULD BE DERIVED AND FOUNDED A LABORATORY, SYNTEX, WHERE CARL DJERASSI HEADED THE CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION TO OBTAIN THEM. LUIS E. MIRAMONTES, A YOUNG MEXICAN CHEMIST, SYNTHESIZED THEM IN THE LABORATORY.