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Max Tishler

Born: 1906
Birthplace: Boston, Mass.

Synthesis of riboflavin and sulfaquinoxaline—Tishler found a new process for the economical and large-scale synthesis of riboflavin (vitamin B₂). He also developed a production process for sulfaquinoxaline, the first effective antibiotic for the prevention and cure of the poultry disease coccidiosis. (1982)

Died: 1989

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