Leloir

Leloir definition - medical

Le·loir (lə-lwärˈ, lĕ-), Luis Federico 1906-1987.

French-born Argentine biochemist. He won a 1970 Nobel Prize for the discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates.

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