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What was the subject of Adolf Windaus' Nobel Prize-winning study?

  • Photoelectric effect

  • Decay of isotopes

  • Sterols and their relation to vitamins

  • DNA structure

Answer

Adolf Windaus won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928 for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins. He was the first person to synthesize cholesterol, and he also studied the structure of other sterols, such as ergosterol and coprosterol. Windaus' work helped to lay the foundation for the modern understanding of cholesterol and its role in human health.
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