Otto Folin | |
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 Otto Folin in biochemistry lab at McLean Hospital, 1905; photo by A.H. Folsom (Harvard) | |
| Born | April 4, 1867 |
| Died | October 23, 1934 (aged 67) |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota University of Chicago |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemist |
| Doctoral advisor | Julius Stieglitz[1] |
| Doctoral students | Edward Adelbert Doisy George H. Hitchings James Batcheller Sumner |
Otto Knut Olof Folin (April 4, 1867 – October 25, 1934) was a Swedish-born American chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work at Harvard University on practical micromethods for the determination of the constituents of protein-free blood filtrates and the discovery of creatine phosphate in muscles. [2]
- ^ "Otto Folin: A biographical memoir by P.A. Shaffer" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-11-16. page 51
- ^ Meites, S. (1985). "Otto Folin's Medica Legacy" (PDF). Clin. Chem. 31 (8): 1402–1404. doi:10.1093/clinchem/31.8.1402. PMID 3893800. Retrieved November 3, 2015.