Ying-Lai Wang, Chinese biochemist (Jinmen County, Fujian Province 13 November 1907 – 05 May 2001)

Authored 60 papers

Found the toxicity of excessive vitamin A and the defect of tissue as a result of vitamin E deficiency

Developed methods for micro-determination of 4 water soluble vitamins

First demonstrated the existence of hemoglobin in nodular bacteria of legume

First in the world purified the membrane protein succinic dehydrogenase

Headed the group that performed the total synthesis of bovine insulin (1965) and yeast alanine t-RNA (1981)