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Nationality
  
American

Fields
  
Name
  
Karl Folkers


Known for
  
vitamin B-12

Institutions
  
Merck

Books
  
Vitamins and Coenzymes

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Born
  
September 1, 1906 (
1906-09-01
)

Died
  
December 7, 1997, Sunapee, New Hampshire, United States

Education
  
Yale University, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Karl August Folkers (September 1, 1906 – December 7, 1997) was an American biochemist who made major contributions to the isolation and identification of bioactive natural products.

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Career

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His career was mainly spent at Merck. He played a prominent role in the isolation of vitamin B12, which is one of the most structural complex of the vitamins. As a Merck Pharmaceuticals research team, Folkers, Fern P. Rathe, and Edward Anthony Kaczka were the first to isolate the antibiotic cathomycin in 1955. His team also isolated the antibiotic cycloserine. In 1958 his Merck team determined the structure of coenzyme Q10.

In recognition for his scientific contributions, he received the Perkin Medal in 1960, the William H. Nichols Medal in 1967, the Priestley Medal in 1986, and the National Medal of Science in 1990.

References

Karl August Folkers Wikipedia


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