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Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 2012-12, Vol.51 (52), p.12960-12990
International ed. in English, 2012

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One Hundred Years of Vitamins-A Success Story of the Natural Sciences
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  • Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 2012-12, Vol.51 (52), p.12960-12990
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International ed. in English
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Weinheim: WILEY-VCH Verlag
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2012
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  • The discovery of vitamins as essential factors in the diet was a scientific breakthrough that changed the world. Diseases such as scurvy, rickets, beriberi, and pellagra were recognized to be curable with an adequate diet. These diseases had been prevalent for thousands of years and had a dramatic impact on societies as well as on economic development. This Review highlights the key achievements in the development of industrial processes for the manufacture of eight of the 13 vitamins. Essential: The discovery of vitamins was a scientific breakthrough that changed the world! The synthesis of vitamins on a commercial scale and their application in diets had a dramatically positive impact on human and animal health as well as economic development. The key achievements in research of vitamins are highlighted in this Review, starting from the first industrial synthesis of L‐ascorbic acid up to modern catalytic methods.

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