Friday Fun Fact: Vitamin Etymology

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Polish biochemist Casimir Funk is credited with coining the word "vitamine" in 1912. The "e" was later dropped in 1920, when it became clear not all vitamins are nitrogen-containing amines.

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Polish biochemist Casimir Funk is credited with coining the word vitamine in 1912. The e was later dropped in 1920, when it became clear not all vitamins are nitrogen-containing amines.

 

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