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Who invented Urea Stibamine for Kalaazar?

A. Upendranath Brahmachari

B. Meghnad Saha

C. Satyendranath Bose

D. None of them

Answer: Option A

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Upendranath Brahmachari synthesised Urea Stibamine (carbostibamide) in 1922 and determined that it was an effective substitute for the antimony containing compounds in the treatment of Kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis).

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