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Casimir Funk

Polish-American biochemist

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born: 1884
died: 1967
age at death: 83
known for: biochemist, chemist, opinion journalist

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who casimir funk is

Casimir Funk was a Polish biochemist who formulated the definitive concept of vitamins and was the first to isolate a vitamin from rice bran in 1911. He coined the term "vitamines" in his landmark 1912 medical writing, establishing a major shift in scientific thinking by proving that specific nutritional deficiencies cause diseases such as beriberi, pellagra, and rickets.

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