Sabir Yunusov

Sabir Yunusovich Yunusov (Russian: Сабир Юнусович Юнусов) (March 18, 1909 in Tashkent – November 29, 1995 in Tashkent) was a Soviet and Uzbek chemist, known for his research in alkaloid chemistry. He won the D.I. Mendeleev Gold Medal for this work (1971). Sabir Yunusov founded the Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances under the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (of Uzbekistan since 1991) in 1956. He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (of Russia since 1991) from 1958 until his death. He died and was buried in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.