Chapter 37

Thus, while duPont desired to protect its animal sterol field it did not wish the Merrell license so limited as to deprive duPont of a potential market for non-yeast ergosterol. In both instances the Foundation was most willing to cooperate. 8 _Quebracho Extract_ Quebracho extract is of great use to the nation in the war effort. It is a material which has been found most desirable for tanning the leather which goes into the shoes, harness, straps and other leather articles of the armed forces. It is of some interes…