'Assassin' put Nobel on the podium of glory

Certainly in us, people of the age of technology and science are no stranger to the name Alfred Nobel. The name of Nobel is known as a symbol of science, as a form of success. Every year, the name of this scientist is mentioned in the awards honoring the outstanding achievements of individuals studying for the benefit of the community - the Nobel Prize.

But it is unlikely that Nobel will step up to the podium like that thanks to a killer chemical - nitroglycerin. The chemical is found on a very bumpy road, from producing explosive compounds to a cardiovascular medicine .

The road is too bumpy

Nitroglycerin was discovered by an Italian scientist, Ascanio Sobrero. The exploration and experience of this chemical is full of hardship, danger and death. Originally a diligent chemist, Sobrero, who was only swinging and strenuous all day long, tested this substance with another substance to find out what this property was like, what the other was characterized by. His room was full of chemicals, smoke and glass pipes. Even his body smells of chemicals.

Until 1847, how did you try to experiment with nitrous denaturation because coton was a very readily available component at that time? The results were not bright, but in return he found another interesting result. No matter what nitrification with coton is, he nitrates glycerol, the results are so good, he synthesized nitroglycerin at Theophile-Jules Pelouze laboratory.

This new compound is active and explosive. It was so explosive that if during the reaction he did not react, it would explode soon after it was created. Even from the very beginning of Sobrero's birth, it blew up his lab table, scratched and rubbed the face of a respected scientist. He also tried to taste this taste when it tasted sweet, aromatic, spicy. But due to the danger of being too high, he canceled all documents and the process of experimenting with nitroglycerin does not exist. Without the presence of Nobel, this substance would forever fall into the past.

Alfred Nobel scientist in the laboratory.

Born in 1847, nitroglycerin was only known to the world in 1860. It was a person who was very interested in explosives or had explosive properties because the mining industry was very fashionable. Nobel did not miss the opportunity to ignore nitroglycerin. He knew it through the Russian teacher and scientist, NN Zinin. Ever since he learned of that precious compound, he immediately began to experiment. But it is not easy. This spooky compound almost hurt the Nobel. He first tested nitroglycerin explosives in his workshop, in Heleneborg, Sweden.It caused a terrible explosion, killing 5 people, including the youngest brother of Nobel, which was Emile. Refusing to give up, he mixed and added many substances to control this compound. Finally, in 1867, he invented dinamide, an explosive mixture of nitroglycerin, which controlled the explosion cycle and was more useful. Thanks to dinamide, nitroglycerin becomes safe, easy to use and easy to control.

Although modified, nitroglycerin is still a compound to be wary of its harm. At that time, people saw no benefit from nitroglycerin. Only to see that the news were dead of dozens of people, hundred people, exploding mines, shaking sandy soil from nitroglycerin. People once had to ban production and use. The only one who is glorious and happy is Nobel, because the compound is heavily exploited and used in the mining industry, in the military and in arms factories. The profit from selling extremely wealthy Nobel compound is like a dream.

Nitroglycerin.

And help for people

Without the mediocrity of the medical research, nitroglycerin would probably only attach to tears without ever seeing a smile. Because of its explosive nature, nitroglycerin is also an excellent medicine, which plays an important role in helping to save critical cardiovascular patients such as heart attack.

Characterized by a viscous, colorless and heavier solution than water, nitroglycerin was given birth again by medical practitioners. At the forefront is the work of BS. Thomas Brunton. He experimented with this substance because many people tasted it without dying. Some people reported having headaches and dizziness. He was determined to find out what caused neurological signs. Amazingly, he found it can treat chest pain in humans.

But the splendor of nitroglycerin is only available when there is a thorough study of William Murrell. The scientist has experimented and found that nitroglycerin acts as a vasodilator like coronary arteries, which can relieve symptoms of ischemic heart disease, which can lower blood pressure and can relieve chest pain. The study was conducted in 1878 and then a year later, in 1879, he officially used in the hospital to treat hypertension and especially myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction. It has saved thousands of people with cardiovascular disease in the world. This is a drug that has been discovered for a long time but it has never been a classic because it is still a standard drug in cardiovascular patients today. Today, it exists in many forms: tablets taken, sprayed, placed under the tongue or in the form of stickers.

Glorious capital, but the name of this medicine in medicine is not called nitroglycerin but is called trinitrat or trinitin glyceryl to avoid misconceptions about giving patients explosives. Bringing in two-sided blood, nitroglycerin was never missing in cardiovascular medicine. The only thing to tell you, if you are a ' goddess ' viagra, be careful when using nitroglycerin, not because it can explode your body but because It can cause resonant vasodilation to cause sudden hypotension and death complications.