Stanisław Kostanecki (born 16 April 1860 in

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who pioneered in vegetable dye

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. He is best known for discovering Kostanecki acylation, which was named after him. In 1896, he developed the theory of dyes and studied the natural vegetable dyes. Among his many students were scientists Kazimierz Funk and Wiktor Lampe.

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