Word: frolich
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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Scurvy was not brought into the laboratory until 1907 when Hoist and Frolich inflicted it on guinea pigs, tested the curative potency of vegetables. In 1932 Professor A. Szent-Gyorgyi found that hexuronic acid from adrenal glands had powerful antiscorbutic properties, and soon thereafter the name was changed to ascorbic acid and identified with Vitamin C. After long search for raw material from which the vitamin could be mined in quantity, Szent-Gyorgyi turned to the paprika beds near his home in Hungary and in one day obtained a half-pound of his acid. In March last year, Professor Walter...