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Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (died 1871)

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Anselme Payen

French chemist (1795–1871)

Anselme Payen was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose.
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January 6

Day of the year

January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year.
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