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...relatives of the C tribe are known as J and P. Most practical name-calling, so far as scientific convenience is concerned, would be to recognize each vitamin by its chemical name. Thus vitamin E would be known as alpha tocopherol, C as ascorbic acid, B² as riboflavin. But since the word vitamin is as popular with laymen as "calory" once was, chemists will probably continue in their alphabetical way until they bump into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Vitamins | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

...EMPLOYMENT SHOWS DECLINE (WPA) . . . TEACHING TOLERANCE A MAJOR PROBLEM IN 1939 (Office of Education) . . . ELECTION SCHEDULED AT ARAGON-BALDWIN COTTON MILLS (NLRB) . . . IMPORTANCE OF RIBOFLAVIN IN HUMAN DIET (Public Health Service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Information Men | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

...vitamin B complex" contains at least 15 different entities, including B1 (prevents beri-beri); Bu (called riboflavin, prevents cataracts) ; nicotinic acid (prevents pellagra); a factor which prevents grey hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: B1 | 7/11/1938 | See Source »

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