Biography
Coluthur Gopalan, Indian nutritional biochemist (Salem, Tamil Nadu 29 November 1918 – Chennai 03 October 2019)
Studied Grierson-Gopalan syndrome
Burning feet syndrome. Indian Medical Gazette 81:22-26,1946.
Showed the importance of breast-feeding for infant growth and also the effect of maternal dietary intake and nutritional status on breast milk composition
Showed the role of pantothenic acid in the burning feet syndrome and the role of fatty acids in phrynoderma
Demonstrated the link between aflatoxicosis and hepatic carcinoma
Suggested the amino acid imbalance may be one cause of pellagra
SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY
The etiology of phrynoderma. Ind. Med. Gaz. 82:16-20, 1947
The lathyrism syndrome. RSTMH-T 44:333-8, 1950
Some cutaneous disorders related to malnutrition. Ind. J. Dermatol. Venereol. Leprol., p. 2311-8, 1957
With B. Belavady. Chemical composition of human milk in poor Indian women. Ind. J. Med. Res. 45:234-45, 1959
With B. Belavady. Effect of dietary supplementation on the composition of breast milk. Ind. J. Med. Res. 46, 1960
Possible role for dietary leucine in the pathogenesis of pellagra. Lancet 1:697-9, 1959
With S.G. Srikantia. Leucine and pellagra. Lancet 2: 954-7, 1960
With S.G. Srikantia. Kwashiorkor and mental development. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 21:844, 1968
With T.V. Madhavan. Effect of dietary protein on carcinogenesis of aflatoxin. Arch. Pathol. 85:133-7, 1968
With K.S.J. Rao & S.G. Srikantia. Plasma cortisol levels in protein calorie malnutrition. Arch.Dis. Child 43:365-7, 1968
With S.G. Srikantia & L. Vasantha. Biochemical changes in the skin in kwashiorkor. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 23(1):78-82, 1970
With B. Yadgiri, V. Reddy, P.G. Tulpule & S.G. Srikantia. Aflatoxin and Indian childhood cirrhosis. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 23(1):94-8, 1970
Pellagra in sorghum eaters. Proceed. First Asian Congress of Nutrition, Hyderabad, p.661-9, 1972
With M.C. Swaminathan, V.K.K. Kumari, D.H. Rao & K. Vijayaraghavan. Effect of calorie supplementation on growth of undernourished children. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 26:563-6, 1973
With Y.G. Deosthale. The effect of molybdenum levels in sorghum (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) on uric acid and copper excretion in man. Brit. J. Nutr. 31:451, 1974
With K.S. Jaya Rao. Pellagra and aminoacid imbalance. Vitam. Horm. 33:505-28, 1975
With T.V. Madhavan. Effect of dietary protein on aflatoxin injury in weanling rats. Arch. Pathol. 80:123-6, 1975
With K. Krishnawamy. Famine oedema. Progr. Food Nutr. Sci. 1(3):207-24, 1975
Vitamin A and child mortality. Bull. Nutr. Found India 11:1-3, 1990
Vitamin A deficiency and childhood malnutrition. Lancet 340:177-8, 1992
Kwashiorkor and marasmus: evolution and distinguishing features. Natl. Med. J. India 5(3):145-51, 1992
HONOURS
President, International Union of Nutritional Sciences (1975-9)
International Union of Nutrition Sciences Award (1989)
