E.V. McCollum: Doyen of nutrition science
The centennial of E.V. McCollum's birth is marked in 1979. He is the doyen of nutrition science. McCollum began the first ongoing colony of rats for experimental nutrition studies. He developed biological methods for the analysis of foods and produced work leading to the Basic Seven and Basic F...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Nutrition reviews 1979-03, Vol.37 (3), p.65-71 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The centennial of E.V. McCollum's birth is marked in 1979. He is the doyen of nutrition science. McCollum began the first ongoing colony of rats for experimental nutrition studies. He developed biological methods for the analysis of foods and produced work leading to the Basic Seven and Basic Four food groups concept. Working with M. Davis, he discovered vitamin A. He developed the vitamin nomenclature as his knowledge grew. McCollum was an outstanding educator and was influential in government and industry |
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| ISSN: | 0029-6643 1753-4887 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1979.tb02209.x |