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Gottfried Kränzlin, the first follower of Tswett

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This paper summarizes the work of Gottfried Kränzlin, who, in 1906–1908, was the first after Tswett to utilize chromatography for the investigation of plant pigments.

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Bussemas, H.H., Ettre, L.S. Gottfried Kränzlin, the first follower of Tswett. Chromatographia 39, 369–374 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02274528

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