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B. C. P. Jansen (1 April 1884, Zwolle – 18 October 1962) was a Dutch chemist and biochemist. In the Dutch Indies, with his colleague W. F. Donath, he isolated in crystalline form an anti-beriberi factor (known as vitamine B1 or aneurin) from rice polishings and named it thiamine (sulfur-containing amine). It was the first vitamine to be obtained in pure form.
Jansen was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1927, he resigned in 1929. He was re-admitted as member in 1946.
References
- Sources
- Rudolph A. Peters, Obituary notice: Professor Dr Chem. Barend Coenraad Petrus Jansen, Br. J. Nutr. (1964), 18, 1.
- Specific
- Jansen, B.C.P. and Donath, W.F. (1926) On the isolation of antiberiberi vitamin. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wet. 29: 1390-1400.
- "B.C.P. Jansen (1884 - 1962)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020.