Coluthur Gopalan, Indian nutritional biochemist (Salem, Tamil Nadu 29 November 1918 - Studied Grierson-Gopalan syndrome
Burning feet syndrome. Indian Medical Gazette 81:22-26,1946. Showed the importance of breast-feeding for infant growth and also the effect of maternal dietary intake and nutritional status on breast milk composition Showed the role of pantothenic acid in the burning feet syndrome and the role of fatty acids in phrynoderma Demonstrated the link between aflatoxicosis and hepatic carcinoma SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The etiology of phrynoderma. Ind. Med. Gaz. 82:16-20, 1947 The lathyrism syndrome. RSTMH-T 44:333-8, 1950 Some cutaneous disorders related to malnutrition. Ind. J. Dermatol. Venereol. Leprol., p. 2311-8, 1957 With B. Belavady. Chemical composition of human milk in poor Indian women. Ind. J. Med. Res. 45:234-45, 1959 With B. Belavady. Effect of dietary supplementation on the composition of breast milk. Ind. J. Med. Res. 46, 1960 Possible role for dietary leucine in the pathogenesis of pellagra. Lancet 1:697-9, 1959 With S.G. Srikantia. Leucine and pellagra. Lancet 2: 954-7, 1960 With S.G. Srikantia. Kwashiorkor and mental development. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 21:844, 1968 With T.V. Madhavan. Effect of dietary protein on carcinogenesis of aflatoxin. Arch. Pathol. 85:133-7, 1968 With K.S.J. Rao & S.G. Srikantia. Plasma cortisol levels in protein calorie malnutrition. Arch.Dis. Child 43:365-7, 1968 With S.G. Srikantia & L. Vasantha. Biochemical changes in the skin in kwashiorkor. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 23(1):78-82, 1970 With B. Yadgiri, V. Reddy, P.G. Tulpule & S.G. Srikantia. Aflatoxin and Indian childhood cirrhosis. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 23(1):94-8, 1970 Pellagra in sorghum eaters. Proceed. First Asian Congress of Nutrition, Hyderabad, p.661-9, 1972 With M.C. Swaminathan, V.K.K. Kumari, D.H. Rao & K. Vijayaraghavan. Effect of calorie supplementation on growth of undernourished children. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 26:563-6, 1973 With Y.G. Deosthale. The effect of molybdenum levels in sorghum (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) on uric acid and copper excretion in man. Brit. J. Nutr. 31:451, 1974 With K.S. Jaya Rao. Pellagra and aminoacid imbalance. Vitam. Horm. 33:505-28, 1975 With T.V. Madhavan. Effect of dietary protein on aflatoxin injury in weanling rats. Arch. Pathol. 80:123-6, 1975 With K. Krishnawamy. Famine oedema. Progr. Food Nutr. Sci. 1(3):207-24, 1975 Vitamin A and child mortality. Bull. Nutr. Found India 11:1-3, 1990 Vitamin A deficiency and childhood malnutrition. Lancet 340:177-8, 1992 Kwashiorkor and marasmus: evolution and distinguishing features. Natl. Med. J. India 5(3):145-51, 1992 HONOURS President, International Union of Nutritional Sciences (1975-9) International Union of Nutrition Sciences Award (1989) LINKS |
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