Gabriel Bertrand

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Gabriel Bertrand
Born(1867-05-17)17 May 1867
Paris
Died20 June 1962(1962-06-20) (aged 95)
Paris
NationalityFrench
Known forconcepts of
Institut Pasteur
Doctoral advisorÉmile Duclaux
Other academic advisorsEdmond Frémy

Gabriel Bertrand (born 17 May 1867 in Paris, died 20 June 1962 in Paris) was a French pharmacologist, biochemist and bacteriologist.

Bertrand introduced into biochemistry both the term “

trace elements
.

The

lacquer tree, was first studied by Gabriel Bertrand[1] in 1894.[2]

Bertrand's rule refers to the fact that the dose–response curve for many micronutrients is non-monotonic, having an initial stage of increasing benefits with increased intake, followed by increasing costs as excesses become toxic.[3] In 2005, Raubenheimer et al. fed excess carbohydrates to Spodoptera littoralis and extended Bertrand's rule to macronutrients.[4]

In 1894, with Césaire Phisalix, he developed an antivenom for use against snake bites.[5]

Bertrand was made a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine in 1931. In 1932 he became foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[6]

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