Windaus
Adolf
[ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1876–1959, German chemist: Nobel prize 1928.
Windaus Win·daus (vĭn’dous’), Adolf. 1876-1959.
German chemist. He won a Nobel Prize (1928) for his research on sterols and their relationship to vitamins, especially vitamin D.
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