Mikhail Tsvet (Also Tswett) - Research Article from Science and Its Times

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 1 page of information about Mikhail Tsvet (Also Tswett).
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Mikhail Tsvet (Also Tswett) - Research Article from Science and Its Times

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 1 page of information about Mikhail Tsvet (Also Tswett).
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1872-1919

Russian botanist who developed chromatography, the technique for separating the pigments that made up plant dyes. Tsvet's method has been extensively used for identifying many biologically important materials, especially after it was adapted to use paper as the support. Paper chromatography has been widely used to study colorless amino acids, steroids, carbohydrates, and other complex materials of natural origin. Tsvet is also noted for his research on chlorophyll, of which he discovered several new forms, and the carotenoids, a term he first coined.

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