He later started his own company to synthesize steroid intermediates from the wild Mexican yam.
His work helped greatly reduce the cost of steroid intermediates to
large multinational pharmaceutical companies, helping to significantly
expand the use of several important drugs.
Julian received more than 130 chemical patents. He was one of the first African Americans to receive a doctorate in chemistry.
He was the first African-American chemist inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, and the second African-American scientist inducted (behind David Blackwell) from any field.
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