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Word: hexylresorcinol (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Physiologist John Raymond Murlin of the University of Rochester announced that he and assistants have just perfected a compound of insulin and hexylresorcinol which may be swallowed as a tablet. It is effective because the hexylresorcinol neutralizes pepsin and acid, and emulsifies fat. Thus there remains nothing to impede insulin's absorption by the diabetic's sugar-laden body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Insulin Tablets | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

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