Word: oakwood
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week the first synthetic production of theelin was announced in the American Chemical Society's Journal by Dr. Russell E. Marker and his associate, Thomas S. Oakwood, of Pennsylvania State College. From yeast Researchers Marker & Oakwood obtained ergosterol, an organic compound related to Vitamin D-producing cholesterol. From an ergosterol derivative, which they acetylated, oxidized with chromic acid, hydrolized and distilled, they built up the white crystals of theelin...