Conrad Elvehjem

Conrad Elvehjem
Conrad Elvehjem (right)
Born(1901-05-27)May 27, 1901
DiedJuly 27, 1962(1962-07-27) (aged 61)
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin (PhD)
Known forNutrition
niacin
SpouseConstance W. Elvehjem
AwardsWillard Gibbs Award (1943)
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (1952)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry

Conrad Arnold Elvehjem (May 27, 1901 – July 27, 1962) was internationally known as an American biochemist in nutrition. In 1937 he identified two vitamins, nicotinic acid, also known as niacin, and nicotinamide,[1] which were deficient directly in human pellagra, once a major health problem in the United States.[2] Collectively, nicotinic acid and nicotinamide are termed vitamin B3 and are now understood to be precursors of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.

  1. ^ Koehn CJ, Elvehjem CA (1937-05-01). "Further studies on the concentration of the antipellagra factor". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 118 (3): 693–699. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)74475-X.
  2. ^ R. H. Burris, C. A. Baumann, Van R. Potter. "Conrad Arnold Elvehjem – Biographical Memoir" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved August 18, 2015.