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Luis Federico Leloir [1906-1987] French
Rank: 105
Scientist, Researcher


Luis Federico Leloir ForMemRS was an Argentine physician and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Although born in France, Leloir received the majority of his education at the University of Buenos Aires and was director of the private research group Fundación Instituto Campomar until his death in 1987.


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The variety of polyprenol phosphate sugars may turn out to be as large as that of sugar nucleotides.
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After returning from Cambridge in 1936, I did some work with J. M. Mioz on the oxidation of fatty acids in liver.
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We managed to prepare a cell-free system which was active when suitably supplemented, and this was a novel result since the process of oxidation was believed to require the integrity of the cells.
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A logical extension of our work on glycogen was to investigate the formation of starch in plants.
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The prestige of the Nobel Prize is such that one is suddenly promoted to a new status.
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