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Christiaan Eijkman
Medicine · Medicine
Utrecht, Netherlands
25 Total Impact
GLNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1929)0
Overview
Christiaan Eijkman is a medicine specialist at University of Utrecht. Based in Utrecht.
Biography
Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by nutritional deficiency, not infection. His work on polished vs unpolished rice led to the discovery of vitamins. Nobel Prize 1929.
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The life and contributions of Christiaan Eijkman
1897
Discovered nutritional cause of beriberi
Showed that beriberi in chickens was caused by polished rice diet
1929
Nobel Prize
For discovery of the antineuritic vitamin