Raphael Mechoulam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Raphael Mechoulam

Israeli chemist

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1930

Place of Birth: Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Profession: physician, chemist

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Raphael Mechoulam (Hebrew: ???? ??????; born 5 November 1930) is an Israeli organic chemist and professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.
Mechoulam is best known for his work (together with Y.
Gaoni) in the isolation, structure elucidation and total synthesis of ?9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the main active principle of cannabis and for the isolation and the identification of the endogenous cannabinoids anandamide from the brain and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG) from peripheral organs together with his students, postdocs and collaborators.