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Conrad Elvehjem | |
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Born | McFarland, Wisconsin, U.S. | May 27, 1901
Died | July 27, 1962 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged 61)
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin (PhD) |
Known for | Nutrition niacin |
Spouse | Constance W. Elvehjem |
Awards | Willard Gibbs Award (1943) Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (1952) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
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.