Chester John Cavallito, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetChester John Cavallito
American organic chemist
Date of Birth: 07-May-1915
Date of Death: 28-Mar-2010
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Chester John Cavallito
- Chester J.
- Cavallito (May 7, 1915 – March 28, 2010) was an American organic chemist.
- He was particularly known for his work on the chemistry of garlic.
- Beginning in 1944, with his colleagues, he reported on the isolation from crushed garlic, synthesis (from diallyl disulfide) and antibiotic activity of a compound he named allicin.
- Cavallito established that allicin was a member of a class of organosulfur compounds known as thiosulfinates.
- He also synthesized and reported on the chemical and biological properties of a series of thiosulfinates related to allicin.
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