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Professor Paul Karrer FRS FRSE FCS (21 April 1889 – 18 June 1971) was a Swiss organic chemist best known for his research on vitamins. He and Norman Haworth won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1937.
Professor Karrer has published over 1,000 scientific papers in the various fields of organic chemistry, especially concerning vitamins A, B 2, C, E and K, co-enzymes, carotenoids and other plant pigments, curare and other alkaloids, amino acids, carbohydrates and organo-arsenic compounds.
Jun 14, 2024 · Paul Karrer was a Swiss chemist who investigated the constitution of carotenoids, flavins, and vitamins A and B2, for which he shared the 1937 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Sir Norman Haworth of Great Britain.
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Apr 21, 2011 · In 1931 Paul Karrer succeeded in extracting vitamin A from cod-liver oil and in determining its composition. Vitamin A is necessary for the body to grow, and one of its components is carotene, which is found in carrots and elsewhere.
Jun 11, 2018 · KARRER, PAUL (b. Moscow, Russia, 21 April 1889; d. Zurich, Switzerland, 18 June 1971) chemistry. Karrer was the son of Paul Karrer, a Swiss dentist who practiced in Russia, and Julie Lerch Karrer.
Feb 18, 2021 · Paul Karrer (1889–1971), a Swiss organic chemist best known for his research on vitamins, has published more than 1000 articles. In 1919, Karrer became professor of chemistry at the University of Zurich and in the same year he was appointed director of the Chemical Institute in Zurich, where he remained until his retirement in 1959.
Apr 2, 2009 · The 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry rewarded Walter Haworth and Paul Karrer for their individual breakthroughs that provided the first structural lessons in understanding Nature’s alphabet of vitamins.
