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Mendel, Lafayette Benedict
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Lafayette Benedict Mendel

American biochemist
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Born:
Feb. 5, 1872, Delhi, N.Y., U.S.
Died:
Dec. 9, 1935, New Haven, Conn. (aged 63)
Subjects Of Study:
nutrient
protein
vitamin
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Lafayette Benedict Mendel (born Feb. 5, 1872, Delhi, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 9, 1935, New Haven, Conn.) was an American biochemist whose discoveries concerning the value of vitamins and proteins helped establish modern concepts of nutrition. A professor of physiological chemistry at Yale from 1903 to 1935, he worked with the American biochemist Thomas Osborne to determine why rats could not survive on diets of pure carbohydrates, fats, and proteins alone. Simultaneously with the American biochemists Elmer McCollum and Marguerite Davis, he discovered a fat-soluble factor in cod liver oil and butter (1913; now known to be vitamin A) and a ...(100 of 145 words)

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