Chemist no. 115 of 350 · Organic
Paul Karrer
1889-1971SwitzerlandNobel Chemistry 1937
Carotenoids and vitamins A, B2
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Paul Karrer and the Chemistry of Carotenoids: How Carrots Became Vitamin A
How Paul Karrer worked out the structures of beta-carotene, vitamin A and vitamin B2 and won the 1937 Nobel Prize. Clear notes for JAM, NET and GATE.
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Paul Karrer: The Swiss Chemist Who Decoded Vitamins and Plant Pigments
Life story of Paul Karrer, the Swiss chemist who solved the structures of carotenoids and vitamins and won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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