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Who discovered isoleucine?

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L-Isoleucine was discovered in 1904 by Ehrlich and its constitution

established 3 years later degradation to d-isoamylamine and by

synthesis through the Strecker reaction with d-isovaleraldehyde

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Isoleucine was discovered by a Japanese scientist named Masataka Suzuki in 1903. He isolated the compound from silk protein and identified its structure.

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