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Casimir Funk, “The Vitamines”, 1922.

Casimir Funk, “The Vitamines”, 1922 was a nonfiction science book. Casimir Funk was the discoverer of niacin (vitamin B-3). The term “vitamin” used popularly today, was coined by Casimir Funk in his “theory of vital-amines”. The term today is in English “vitamin”. The niacin molecule that Casimir Funk discovered is shown below. Continue reading Casimir Funk, “The Vitamines”, 1922.

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Shmuel Yannai (editor), “Dictionary of Food Compounds”, 2003.

  Here I present: Samuel Yannai (editor), “Dictionary of Food Compounds”, 2003 was a chemical reference book on food components. This blog has presented information from this valuable reference book for researching.  I highly recommend this book to those interested in food metabolites.   Continue reading Shmuel Yannai (editor), “Dictionary of Food Compounds”, 2003.