V. M. Danilova, R. P. Vynogradova

Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv;
e-mail: valdan@biochem.kiev.ua

The article presents biographical information and analysis of scientific activity of laureates of the Palladin Prize of NAS of Ukraine G. V. Donchenko (1991) and S. O. Kosterin (1992) who were awarded for the monographs “Biochemistry of ubiquinone” and “Calcium transport in smooth muscles”, respectively. These monographs summarized the results of the original researches and the data of the world scientific literature.

Keywords: biosynthesis, cholesterol, Mg(2+)_Ca(2+)-ATPase, Na(+)/Ca(2+)-exchanger, sarcoplasmic reticulum, smooth muscle, ubiquinone, uniporter, vitamins E_B(1) and PP