Charles Joseph Tanret (9 August 1847 in Joinville, France – 10 July 1917 in Paris) was a French pharmacist and chemist.
He notably studied the chemistry of sugars, reporting his observations of the mutarotation of glucose in 1895.Sur les modifications moléculaires du glucose. C. Tanret, Comptes Rendus 1895; 120: 1060–1062 He also identified quebrachitol in 1887 from the bark of Aspidosperma quebracho.
His son Georges was also a pharmacist, specialist of plant chemistry. Georges Tanret identified an alkaloid (galegine) from Galega officinalis that was evaluated in clinical trials in patients with diabetes in the 1920s and 1930s.Simonnet H, Tanret G. Sur les propriétés hypoglycémiantes du sulfate de galegine. Bull Soc Chim Biol Paris 1927Bailey CJ, Campbell IW, Chan JCN, Davidson JA, Howlett HCS, Ritz P (eds). 2007. Metformin: the Gold Standard. A Scientific handbook; Chichester: Wiley. Chapter 1: Galegine and antidiabetic plants
References
External links Charles Joseph Tanret on Société d'Histoire de la Pharmacie website (French) Charles Joseph Tanret on fr.wikipedia.com (French)