Maurício Rocha e Silva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian scientist
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Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
About Maurício Rocha e Silva
- Maurício Oscar da Rocha e Silva (19 September 1910, Rio de Janeiro – 19 December 1983, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil) was a Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist and pharmacologist.
- He discovered bradykinin, an endogenous polypeptide involved in the physiology, pharmacology and pathology of blood pressure control and many other phenomena related to the contraction of smooth muscles.
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