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Leory Sheldon Palmer (1887–1944) and the beginnings of chromatography in the United States of America

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Leroy Sheldon Palmer (1887–1944) was the first American who utilized chromatography in the investigation of carotenoids present in animals, specially in milk, butter and selected tissues, and in the food intake of the animals. His work represented most likely the first use of chromatography after Tswett's basic publications in 1906. Palmer's 1922-book on carotenoids, also describing the methodology of chromatography, served as the transmission between Tswett, the early users of the technique (Palmer, Dhéré), and the “rebirth” of chromatography in 1931 in Heidelberg.

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Ettre, L.S., Wixom, R.L. Leory Sheldon Palmer (1887–1944) and the beginnings of chromatography in the United States of America. Chromatographia 37, 659–668 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02274119

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