Jan Zaleski

Jan Zaleski (March 8, 1869, Kalwaria Augustowska – August 22, 1932, in Warsaw) was a Polish biochemist. Zaleski was a professor of the Agricultural University of Dublany (1904–1907), professor of the Warsaw University (since 1922), member of the Polish Academy of Learning (since 1921).

In the years of 1895–1901 he co-operated with Marceli Nencki in researches about content of ammonia in blood and conversions of blood pigment. In 1907 Zaleski published empirical formula of mesoporphyrin. He is a co-author (with K. Lindenfeld) of method to obtain a haemin.

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title=Zaleski Jan
work=Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
url=http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000059
accessdate=2007-09-22
language=Polish
publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN

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url=http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/CA/article.asp?doi=CA9252800001
work=Royal Society of Chemistry
title=Journal of the Chemical Society, Abstracts
doi=10.1039/CA9252800001
format=PDF
year=1925
pages=pp. 88–89
chapter=Esterification of Hæmin

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NAME=Zaleski, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH=March 8, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH=Kalwaria Augustowska, Poland
DATE OF DEATH=August 22, 1932
PLACE OF DEATH=Warsaw, Poland