Fayetteville in Washington County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Advances in Nutrition
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 20, 2023
1. Advances in Nutrition Marker
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Advances in Nutrition. . Agricultural Chemistry Professors Barnett Sure (1920-51) and Marinus C. Kik (1927-67) made major advances in nutrition science during their long tenures at the University of Arkansas. Sure co-discovered vitamin E and extended knowledge of how vitamin E, amino acids and B-vitamins function in reproduction and lactation. Kik developed the process for parboiling rice to increase retention of vitamins and shorten cooking time. He documented benefits of adding fish and chicken to rice and grain diets to provide adequate protein for a growing world population. Sure and Kik were Agricultural Experiment Station scientists and professors in the UA Department of Agricultural Chemistry, which merged in 1964 with Home Economics, now the School of Human Environmental Sciences.
Agricultural Chemistry Professors Barnett Sure (1920-51) and Marinus C. Kik (1927-67) made major advances in nutrition science during their long tenures at the University of Arkansas. Sure co-discovered vitamin E and extended knowledge of how vitamin E, amino acids and B-vitamins function in reproduction and lactation. Kik developed the process for parboiling rice to increase retention of vitamins and shorten cooking time. He documented benefits of adding fish and chicken to rice and grain diets to provide adequate protein for a growing world population. Sure and Kik were Agricultural Experiment Station scientists and professors in the UA Department of Agricultural Chemistry, which merged in 1964 with Home Economics, now the School of Human Environmental Sciences.
Erected 1999 by Arkansas Alumni Association.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1920.
Location. 36° 4.152′ N, 94° 10.431′ W. Marker is in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in Washington County. It can be reached from North Campus Walk south of West Maple Street. Marker is in
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front of the Home Economics Building at the University of Arkansas. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 987 W Maple St, Fayetteville AR 72701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Northwest Arkansas, on the Ozark Plateau, in the Cherokee Heritage Region, and in Osage Territory. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Ozarks. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 223 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 26, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
