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Articles by Roger J. Williams, 1919-1944
Articles by Roger J. Williams, 1945-1964
Articles by Roger J. Williams, 1965 & Later

 

Articles by Roger J. Williams, 1919 to 1944

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1. Williams, R. J., “The Vitamine Requirement of Yeasts, A Simple Biological Test for Vitamine,” J. Biol. Chem., 38, 465 (1919).

2. Williams, R. J., “A Quantitative Method for Determination of Vitamine,” J. Biol. Chem., 42, 259 (1920).

3. Williams, R. J., “The Vitamin Requirement of Yeast,” Proc. Chicago Institute of Med., (July, 1920). (Missing)

4. Williams, R. J., “Vitamines and Yeast Growth,” J. Biol. Chem., 46, 113 (1921).

5. Adams, C. E. and Williams, R. J., “Laboratory Preparation of Acetaldehyde,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 43, 2420 (1921).

6. Williams, R. J., “A Simplified Method of Writing ‘Electronic’ Formulas,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 45, 1272 (1923).

7. Williams, R. J. and Truesdail, R. W., “The Ionization of Alcohols,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 45, 1348-53 (1923).

8. Williams, R. J., “The Classification of Carbon Compounds and Their Correlation with the Compounds of Other Elements,” Univ. of Oregon Publication, vol. 2, no. 3, 3-19 (1923).

9. Williams, R. J., Lasselle, P. A. and Reed, H. A., “The Highly Reducing Substances in Fresh Wood Distillate,” Ind. Eng. Chem., 17, 851-8 (1925).

10. Williams, R. J. and Lasselle, P. A., “The Identification of Creatine,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 48, 536-7 (1926).

11. Williams, R. J., Wilson, J. L. and Von der Ahe, F. H., “The Control of ‘Bios’ Testing and the Concentration of a ‘Bios’”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 49, 227 (1927).

12. Williams, R. J., “A Confusion of Terms,” Science, 65, 64-5 (1927).

13. Williams, R. J., “Ionization and Atomic Structure Theory in Organic Chemistry,” J. Chem. Educ., 4, 867-71 (1927).

14. Grettie, D. P. and Williams, R. J., “The Adsorption of Organic Compounds of Hydrous Oxides and Fuller’s Earth,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 50, 668-72 (1928).

15. Williams, R. J., Gabriel, A. and Andrews, R.G., “The Relation Between the Hydrolysis Equilibrium Constant of Esters and the Strengths of the Corresponding Acids,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 50, 1267-71 (1928).

16. Williams, R. J., “Nutrilites,” Science, 67, 607 (1928).

17. Williams, R. J., McAlister, E. D. and Roehm, R.R., “A Rapid and Accurate Method for Determining the Quantity of Yeast or Other Microorganisms in a Suspension,” J. Biol. Chem., 83, 315-30 (1929).

18. Williams, R. J., Warner, M. E. and Roehm, R. R., “The Effect of Various Preparations on the Growth of Bakers’ and Brewers’ Yeasts,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 51, 2764-74 (1929).

19. Williams, R. J. and Roehm, R. R., “The Effect of Antineuritic Vitamin Preparations on the Growth of Yeasts,” J. Biol. Chem., 87, 581-90 (1930).

20. Williams, R. J. and Bradway, E. M., “The Further Fractionation of Yeast Nutrilites and Their Relationship to Vitamin B and Wildiers’ ‘Bios,’” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 53, 783 (1931).

21. Williams, R. J. and Truesdail, J. H., “The Use of Fractional Electrolysis in the Fractionation of the ‘Bios’ of Wildiers,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 53, 4171-31 (1931).

22. Williams, R. J., “‘Taste Deficiency’ for Creatine,” Science, 74, 597-8 (1931).

23. Williams, R. J., Friedman, L. and Woods, D. M., “The Non-Identity of ‘Pure’ and ‘Isoelectric’ Gelatins,” Science, 75, 199 (1932).

24. Williams, R. J. and Lyman, C. M., “A Neutral Buffered Standard for Hydrogen Ion Work and Accurate Titrations Which Can Be Prepared in One Minute,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 54, 1911-2 (1932). [See also “A Correction,” 54, 4458, #26 below].

25. Williams, R. J., Lyman, C. M., Goodyear, G. H. and Truesdail, J. H., “Is the Nutrilite for ‘Gebrude Mayer’ Yeast of Universal Biological Importance?” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 54, 3462-3 (1932).

26. Williams, R. J. and Lyman, C. M., “A Correction,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 54, 4458 (1932). [See # 24]

27. Williams, R. J. and Honn, J. M., “Role of ‘Nutrilites’ in the Nutrition of Molds and Other Fungi,” Plant Physiol., 4, 629-41 (1932).

28. Williams, R. J., Lyman, C. M., Goodyear, G. H., Truesdail, J. H. and Holaday, D., “Pantothenic Acid, A Growth Determinant of Universal Biological Occurrence,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 55, 2912-27 (1933). Cited as a “Citation Classic” in Current Contents, Life Sciences and Clinical Medicine editions, August 27, 1990, 20-21, including commentaries by Williams and the editor.

29. Williams, R. J. and Moser, R., “The Approximate Ionization Constant of Pantothenic Acid as Determined by Fractional Electrolysis,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 56, 169-70 (1934).

30. Williams, R. J. and Saunders, D. H., “The Effects of Inositol, Crystalline Vitamin B1 and ‘Pantothenic Acid’ on the Growth of Different Strains of Yeast,” Biochem. J., 28, 1887-93 (1934).

31. Rohrmann, E., Burget, G. E. and Williams, R. J., “Pantothenic Acid Content of Animal Tissues,” Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med., 32, 473-4 (1934).

32. Woodward, G. J., Kingery, L. B. and Williams, R. J., “The Fungicidal Power of Phenol Derivatives. I. Effect of Introducing Alkyl Groups and Halogens,” J. Lab. and Clin. Med., 19, 1916-23 (1934).

33. Woodward, G. J., Kingery, L. B. and Williams, R. J., “The Fungicidal Power of Phenol Derivatives. II. Strength in the Presence of Proteins,” J. Lab. and Clin. Med., 20, 950-3 (1935).

34. Williams, R. J. and Rohrmann, E., “Pantothenic Acid as a Nutrilite for Green Plants,” Plant Physiol., 10, 559-64 (1935).

35. McBurney, C. H., Bollen, W. B. and Williams, R. J., “Pantothenic Acid and the Nodule Bacteria-Legume Symbiosis,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 21, 301-4 (1935).

36. Williams, R. J. and Christensen, B. E., “A ‘Growth Substance,’” Science, 82, 178 (1935).

37. Williams, R. J., “Fractional Electrical Transport as a Tool in Biochemical Research,” J. Biol. Chem., 110, 589-97 (1935).

38. Williams, R. J. and Rohrmann, E., “Beta-Alanine and ‘Bios’,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 58, 695 (1936).

39. Williams, R. J., “Errors in Microweighing Due to the Use of Lead Shot in Tares,” Ind. Eng. Chem., 8, 229 (1936).

40. Williams, R. J., “Micro Determination of Active Hydrogen with Deuterium Oxide,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 58, 1819 (1936).

41. Mosher, W. A., Saunders, D. H., Kingery, L. B. and Williams, R. J., “Nutritional Requirements of the Pathogenic Mold Trichophyton Interdigitale,” Plant Physiol., 11, 795-896 (1936).

42. Williams, R. J., Mosher, W. A. and Rohrmann, E., “The Importance of ‘Pantothenic Acid’ in Fermentation, Respiration and Glycogen Storage,” Biochem. J., 30, 2036-9 (1936).

43. Williams, R. J., “Organic Oxidation Equivalent Analysis. I. Theory and Applications,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 59, 288-90 (1937).

44. Williams, R. J., Rohrmann, E. and Christensen, B. E., “Organic Oxidation Equivalent Analysis. II. By the Use of Iodate. (Micro and ‘Sub-micro’ Methods),” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 59, 291-3 (1937).

45. Christensen, B. E., Williams, R. J. and King, A. E., “Organic Oxidation Equivalent Analysis. III. General Method Using Dichromate,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 59, 293-6 (1937).

46. Williams, R. J. and Woods, M. A., “The Selectivity of Iodic Acid in the Oxidation of Organic Compounds,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 59, 1408 (1937).

47. Williams, R. J., “The Use of Yeast or Other Fungi for Vitamin B1 Tests,” Science, 86, 349-50 (1937).

48. Williams, R. J., Truesdail, J. H., Weinstock, H. H., Jr., Rohrmann, E., Lyman, C. M. and McBurney, C. H., “Pantothenic Acid. II. Its Concentration and Purification from Liver,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 60, 2719-23 (1938). Reprinted (incompletely) as a “Nutrition Classic” in Nutr. Rev. 37, 15-8 (1979).

49. Mitchell, H. K. and Williams, R. J., “A Study of Reduction with Hydriodic Acid: Use in Micro Determination of Hydroxyl Groups,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 60, 2723-26 (1938).

50. Williams, R. J., “M(anille) Ide, The Discoverer of ‘Bios,’” Science, 88, 475 (1938).

51. Williams, R. J., Weinstock, H. H., Jr., Rohrmann, E., Truesdail, J.H., Mitchell, H. K. and Meyer, C. E., “Pantothenic Acid. III. Analysis and Determination of Constituent Groups,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 61, 454-7 (1939).

52. Williams, R. J. and Pratt, E. F., “The Fermentation Test for Thiamin,” Science, 89, 199-206 (1939).

53. Pratt, E. F. and Williams, R. J., “The Effects of Pantothenic Acid on Respiratory Activity,” J. Gen. Physiol., 22, 637-47 (1939).

54. Eakin, R. E. and Williams, R. J., “Vitamin B6 as a Yeast Nutrilite,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 61, 1932 (1939).

55. Weinstock, H. H., Jr., Mitchell, H. K., Pratt, E. F. and Williams, R. J., “Pantothenic Acid. IV. Formation of Beta-Alanine by Cleavage,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 61, 1421-5 (1939).

56. Williams, R. J., “Pantothenic Acid--A Vitamin,” Science, 89, 486 (1939).

57. Snell, E. E. and Williams, R. J., “Biotin as a Growth Factor for the Butyl Alcohol Producing Anaerobes,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 61, 3594 (1939).

58. Kingery, L. B., Williams, R. J. and Kidd, H. A., “Influence of Age on Ringworm Infection of the Scalp,” Arch. Derm. and Syph., 40, 879-86 (1939).

59. Eakin, R. E. and Williams, R. J., “Biotic Acid; A New Growth Substance in Liver,” Proc. Am. Soc. Biol. Chem., 9, xxiii (1939). (Missing)

60. Snell, E. E., Eakin, R. E. and Williams, R. J., “A Quantitative Test for Biotin and Observations Regarding Its Occurrence and Properties,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 62, 175-8 (1940).

61. Williams, R. J. and Major, R. T., “The Structure of Pantothenic Acid,” Science, 91, 246 (1940).

62. Williams, R. J., Eakin, R. E. and Snell, E. E., “The Relationship of Inositol, Thiamin, Biotin, Pantothenic Acid and Vitamin B6 to the Growth of Yeasts,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 62, 1204-7 (1940).

63. Mitchell, H. K., Weinstock, H. H., Jr., Snell, E. E., Stanbery, S.R. and Williams, R. J., “Pantothenic Acid. V. Evidence for Structure of Non-beta-Alanine Portion,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 62, 1776-9 (1940).

64. Williams, R. J., Mitchell, H. K., Weinstock, H. H., Jr. and Snell, E. E., “Pantothenic Acid. VII. Partial and Total Synthesis Studies,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 62, 1784-5 (1940).

65. Mitchell, H. K., Snell, E. E. and Williams, R. J., “Pantothenic Acid. IX. The Biological Activity of Hydroxypantothenic Acid,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 62, 1791-2 (1940).

66. Snell, E. E., Pennington, D. and Williams, R. J., “The Effect of Diet on the Pantothenic Acid Content of Chick Tissues,” J. Biol. Chem., 133, 559-65 (1940).

67. Pennington, D., Snell, E. E. and Williams, R. J., “An Assay Method for Pantothenic Acid,” J. Biol. Chem., 135, 213-22 (1940).

68. Spies, T. D., Stanbery, S. R., Williams, R. J., Jukes, T. H. and Babcock, S. H., “Pantothenic Acid in Human Nutrition,” J. Am. Med. Assoc., 115, 523-4 (1940).

69. Eakin, R. E., McKinley, W. A. and Williams, R. J., “Egg-White Injury in Chicks and Its Relationship to a Deficiency of Vitamin H (Biotin),” Science, 92, 224-5 (1940).

70. Williams, R. J., “Vitamin Study at The University of Texas,” Science, 92, 579 (1940).

71. Eakin, R. E., Snell, E. E. and Williams, R. J., “A Constituent of Raw Egg White Capable of Inactivating Biotin in Vitro,” J. Biol. Chem., 136, 801-2 (1940).

72. Mitchell, H. K. and Williams, R. J., “The Importance of Amino-Acids as Yeast Nutrients,” Biochem. J., 34, 1532-6 (1940).

73. Williams, R. J., “Growth-Promoting Nutrilites for Yeasts,” Biol. Rev., 16, 49-80 (1940).

74. Williams, R. J., “The Importance of Microorganisms in Vitamin Research,” Science, 93, 412-4 (1941).

75. Gyorgy, P., Rose, C. S., Eakin, R. E., Snell, E. E. and Williams, R.J., Egg-White Injury as the Result of Nonabsorption or Inactivation of Biotin,” Science, 93, 477-8 (1941).

76. Eakin, R. E., Snell, E. E. and Williams, R. J., “The Concentration and Assay of Avidin, the Injury-Producing Protein in Raw Egg White,” J. Biol. Chem., 140, 535-43 (1941).

77. Mitchell, H. K., Snell, E. E. and Williams, R J., “The Concentration of ‘Folic Acid’,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 63, 2284 (1941). Reprinted as a “Nutrition Classic” in Nutr. Rev. 46, 324-5 (1988).

78. Williams, R. J., “Pantothenic Acid,” Enzymologia, IX, 387-94 (1941).

79. Williams, R. J. and coauthors, in Studies on the Vitamin Content of Tissues I [Biochemical Institute Studies I], Univ. Texas Publication 4137, Austin 1941:

”Assay Methods for Pantothenic Acid,” 14-17

”Assay Methods for Pyridoxin,” 24-26

”Assay Methods for Inositol,” 27-30

”Assay Methods for Thiamin,” 31-35

”Changes in the ‘B Vitamin’ Content of Tissues During Development,” 61-66

80. Williams, R. J., “Pantothen,” Science, 94, 462-63 (1941).

81. Thompson, R. C., Eakin, R. E. and Williams, R J., “The Extraction of Biotin from Tissues,” Science, 94, 589-90 (1941).

82. Williams, R. J., “Vitamins in the Future” [Chandler Medal Address, jointly with brother R. R. Williams], Science, 95, 340-44 (1942).

83. Snell, E. E., Guirard, B. M. and Williams, R. J., “Occurrence in Natural Products of a Physiologically Active Metabolite of Pyridoxine,” J. Biol. Chem., 143, 519-30 (1942).

84. Williams, R. J., “The Approximate Vitamin Requirements of Human Beings,” J. Am. Med. Assoc., 119, 1-7 (1942).

85. Teague, P. C. and Williams, R. J., “Pantothenic Acid and the Utilization of Glucose by Living and Cell-Free Systems,” J. Gen. Physiol., 25, 777-83 (1942).

86. Cheldelin, V. H. and Williams, R J., “Adsorption of Organic Compounds. I. Adsorption of Ampholytes on an Activated Charcoal,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 64, 1513-6 (1942).

87. Williams, R. J., “Pantothenic Acid and the Microbiological Approach to the Study of Vitamins,” in The Biological Action of the Vitamins, E. A. Evans, Jr., ed., Univ. Chicago Press, 1942, 120-35.

88. Williams, R. J. and coauthors, in Studies on the Vitamin Content of Tissues II [Biochemical Institute Studies II], Univ. Texas Publication 4237, Austin 1942:

”Introduction--Microbiological Assay Methods,” 7-13

”B Vitamins in Normal Human Tissues,” 41-55

”B Vitamins in Human, Rat and Mouse Neoplasms,” 56-71

”A Preliminary Study of B Vitamins in Cell Nuclei,” 81-83

”The B Vitamin Content of Milk from Animals of Different Species,” 97-104

”The B Vitamin Content of Foods,” 105-124

89. Taylor, A., Pollack, M. A. and Williams, R. J., “Uniformities in the Content of B Vitamins in Malignant Neoplasms,” Science, 96, 322-3 (1942).

90. Pollack, M. A., Taylor, A., Taylor, J. and Williams, R J., “B Vitamins in Cancerous Tissues I. Riboflavin,” Cancer Res., 2, 739-43 (1942).

91. Taylor, A., Pollack, M. A., Hofer, M. J. and Williams, R. J., “B Vitamins in Cancerous Tissues II. Nicotinic Acid,” Cancer Res., 2,744-7 (1942).

92. Pollack, M. A., Taylor, A., Woods, A., Thompson, R. C. and Williams, R. J., “B Vitamins in Cancerous Tissues III. Biotin,” Cancer Res., 2, 748-51 (1942).

93. Taylor, A., Pollack, M. A., Hofer, M. J. and Williams, R. J., “B Vitamins in Cancerous Tissues IV. Pantothenic Acid,” Cancer Res., 2, 752-4 (1942).

94. Williams, R. J., “The Chemistry and Biochemistry of Pantothenic Acid,” in Advances in Enzymology, F. F. Nord and C. H. Werkman, eds., Interscience, New York, 1943, 253-87.

95. Williams, R. J., “The Significance of the Vitamin Content of Tissues,” in Vitamins and Hormones, R. S. Harris and K. Thimann, eds., Academic Press, New York, 1943, 229-47.

96. Williams, R. J., “Water-Soluble Vitamins,” in Annual Review of Biochemistry, J. M. Luck, ed., Stanford Univ. Press, XII, 1943, 305-52.

97. Williams, R. J., “Isotel, Isotelic,” Science, 98, 386 (1943).

98. Cheldelin, V. H., Woods, A. M. and Williams, R. J., “Losses of B Vitamins Due to Cooking of Foods,” J. Nutrition, 26, 477-85 (1943).

99. Mitchell, H. K., Snell, E. E. and Williams, R. J., “Folic Acid. I. Concentration from Spinach,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 66, 267-8 (1944).

100. Frieden, E. H., Mitchell, H. K. and Williams, R. J., “Folic Acid. II. Studies on Adsorption,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 66, 269-71 (1944).

101. Mitchell, H. K. and Williams, R. J., “Folic Acid. III. Chemical and Physiological Properties,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 66, 271-4 (1944).

102. Williams, R. J., [book review] Plants and Vitamins, by W. H. Schopfer, translated by N. L. Noecker, 1943, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 66, 505 (1944).

103. Williams, R. J., Schlenk F. and Eppright, M. A., “The Assay of Purified Proteins, Enzymes, Etc., for ‘B Vitamins’,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 66, 896-8 (1944).

104. Chu, E. J.-H. and Williams, R. J., “A Reported Growth Stimulant for Lactobacillus Casei,” J. Biol. Chem., 155, 9-11 (1944).

105. Eppright, M. A. and Williams, R. J., “Thiamine Determination: Comparative Study of Yeast-Growth, Yeast-Fermentation and Thiochrome Methods,” Ind. Eng. Chem., Anal. Ed., 16, 576-9 (1944).

106. Chu, E. J.-H. and Williams, R. J., “The Question of the Existence and Significance of Avidin-uncombinable Biotin Isotels,” J. Am.Chem. Soc., 66, 1678-80 (1944).

107. Williams, R. J., Eppright, M. A., Cunningham, E. and Mills, C. A., “B Vitamins in the Tissues of Rats Maintained at High and Low Temperatures,” Arch. Biochem., 5, 299-306 (1944).

108. Williams, R. J., “B Vitamins and Cancer,” Am. Assoc. Adv. Science Research Conference on Cancer, 253-66 (1944).

Articles by Roger J. Williams, 1919-1944
Articles by Roger J. Williams, 1945-1964
Articles by Roger J. Williams, 1965 & Later