Irina Jafarovna Mansurova (Tajik: Ирина Джафаровна Мансурова) (15 November 1925 – 6 April 1991)[1] was a Tajikistani biochemist.
In the latter year she became a Senior Scientific Worker, and until 1976 was director of the Biochemistry Division of Medical Research of the Tajik SSR.
[3] She was the first Soviet scientist to discover principles governing the resolution of microchemical points on the liver; she also worked with the varied ferment constellations, and studied the effects of herbal medicine on organisms.
[3] Named a Distinguished Contributor to Health Services of the Soviet Union in 1967, she received a number of medals during her career.
Mansurova was married to the therapist Hamid Mansurov; their daughter Farida became a noted biochemist in her own right,[2] and later took over directorship of the Department of Biochemistry at the Institute of Gastroenterology.