Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Monday, April 1, 2024

The Journey of Discovery: A Historical Perspective on β-carotene

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β-carotene, a pivotal precursor to vitamin A, holds a profound significance in the realm of nutrition and biochemistry. Its narrative unfold...
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Pellagra: History and Discovery

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Pellagra, arising from insufficient niacin intake, derives its name from the Italian phrase "pelle agra," translating to rough ski...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

Vitamin B5: History and discovery

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Pantothenic acid, also known as pantothenate or vitamin B5, is a water-soluble B-complex vitamin. It is pantoic acid linked to β-alanine thr...
Sunday, June 6, 2021

Discovery of riboflavin

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The British chemist Alexander W. Blyth in 1879 isolated from milk whey a water-soluble, yellow fluorescent compound he called lactochrome, a...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Christiaan Eijkman and beriberi

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During the time period of the Dutch beriberi problem in Indonesia, physicians were preoccupied with the concept that diseases were cause by...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

The first scientific description of a vitamin D-deficiency by Dr. Daniel Whistler

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The term ‘rickets’ first appeared in 1634 when listed as a cause of death in London’s Annual Bill of Mortality. The first scientific descr...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Discovery of Thiamine

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Thiamine was the first vitamin to be discovered. Kanehiro Takaki, a Japanese naval doctor, was the first to report that beriberi seemed to b...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Vitamin E in History

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Vitamin E was discovered in 1922 by Evans and Bishop as an unidentified factor in vegetable oils required for reproduction in female rats. T...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Discovery of Biotin

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The discovery of biotin and the eventual elucidation of its structure, as well as its role in metabolism, involved diverse investigation spa...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

History of Vitamins (Part II)

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History of Vitamins (Part II) Around 1900, the idea had been widely accepted that human beings and animals require very small amounts of add...
Friday, August 28, 2009

Casimir Funk: the Father of Vitamins

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Casimir Funk: the Father of Vitamins Vitamins are s much a part of modern life you may have a hard time believing they are first discovered...
Friday, August 7, 2009

History of Vitamins (Part I)

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History of Vitamins (Part I) The development of the modern concept of vitamins can be roughly divided into three (broadly overlapping) perio...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Vitamin A in History

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Vitamin A in History Probably the first nutritional deficiency to be clearly recognized was night blindness. The ancient Egyptians, as indic...