Peters, Sir Rudolph Albert
Peters, Sir Rudolph Albert (1889–1982) British biochemist; isolated thiamin as the anti‐neuritic vitamin, and established its role in carbohydrate metabolism (the first biochemical function of a vitamin to be described); later worked on antidotes to chemical warfare agents, and the toxicity of organic fluorine compounds.
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