Talk:Casimir Funk

message: Help, l am trying to find out what vegetables contain the following chemicals:
*fluoride of lime
*phosphate of magnesia
*sulphate of potash
*phosphate of soda
*sulphate of lime
*silica 
*phosphate of lime
*sodium chloride
*phosphate of iron
*phosphate of potash
*sulphate of soda
*chloride of potash.
lf you can please help, my email address is maureenshapeshifter8@fsmail.net
with gratitude,
Maureen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.168.172 (talk • contribs) 03:02, October 30, 2003 (UTC)
: Post your question on the Wikipedia:Reference desk for best results  Lumos3 23:14, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
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message: According to official biography, Funk was not of Jewish origins.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cautious (talk • contribs) 03:15, October 30, 2003 (UTC)
Why was his jewish ancestry removed from the opening paragraph? 50.237.95.146 (talk) 16:51, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jewish Origin

message: Can anyone shed any light on his date of death: was it January 19, 1967, November 20, 1967, November 30, 1967, or none of the above? Internet searches find multiple sources for each. Everyking 05:47, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Follow link to the Polish Wikipedia pl:Kazimierz Funk where they have the January date. Hes a national hero so they probably know Lumos3 23:14, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: date of death

message: There is a photograph of Casimir Funk on a University of Michigan www page at. The copyright is unclear so I am reluctant to post it. Lumos3 23:03, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo ref added

message: he tried to isolate the substance responsible and he succeeded around 1912. Because that substance contained an amine group, he called it vitamine (vitamin). It was later to be known as vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
In 1936 he determined the molecular structure of thiamin, though he was not the first to isolate it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.54.16.108 (talk) 19:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
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message: In the first paragraph under Career, it's stated that Funk succeeded in isolating the substance in brown rice that prevents beri-beri. The substance he identified "was later to be known as vitamin B3 (niacin), although he thought it would be thiamine", but it is lack of thiamine that causes beri-beri. So this paragraph appears nonsensical, and the meaning of the "although" clause in this context is unclear. Yeltommo (talk) 22:50, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thiamine vs niacin, beri-beri