American biochemist who originated the letter system of naming vitamins.
American biochemist who originated the letter system of naming vitamins.
He discovered vitamins A, B and worked with others on vitamin D.
He performed extensive research work in nutrition and growth.
He was the first in the U.S. to establish a colony of white rats as laboratory animals to be the subject of his nutrition experiments.
In the 1910's, he recognized that a healthy diet required certain fats, and he named the essential component "fat-soluble A," as distinct from another he named "water-soluble B." Although at first he thought each was a single compound, he later showed that they were in fact complexes.
He researched how certain minerals were important as nutrients, including calcium, phosphorus, fluorine, manganese and zinc.
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