Person Gopalan; Coluthur (1918 - 2019) Gopalan Coluthur 1918 - 2019 Indian Male Salem Town, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia 29/11/1918 19181129 03/10/2019 20191003

Nutritionist Nutrition Education: Madras University, MBBS, MD; London University, PhD, DSc Career: Nutrition Research Laboratory; Director, National Institute of Nutrition; Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research; President, Nutrition Foundation of India Honors: Padma Award of Government of India Memberships: FRCPE Coluthur Gopalan made useful and important contributions to our knowledge of protein requirements of humans; the mechanism of famine oedema; the basic deficiency of kwashiorkor and marasmus; lactation in undernourished women; and food toxins. He showed that aflatoxin produces hepatic carcinoma in primates. His suggestion that amino acid imbalance may be one cause of pellagra has been supported by recent work. Coluthur played an outstanding part in building up the Indian National Institute of Nutrition since it moved to Hyderabad in training nutritional scientists and in applying advances in nutrition to India and other developing countries. Dr Coluthur Gopalan FRS died on 3 October 2019. Fellow 19/03/1987 68 Sources: https://royalsociety.org/people/coluthur-gopalan-11517/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coluthur_Gopalan International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 29 Nov 1918 - 3 Oct 2019 NA4200 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 2c601c03-2639-456c-81d5-1ca302715ab2