Conrado Dayrit

{{Short description|Filipino scientist (1919–2007)}}

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Conrado Dayrit (May 31, 1919 – October 5, 2007) was a Filipino medical doctor and scientist known for his advocacy of coconut oil for which he was dubbed "Dr. Coconut" and "Father of VCO" (Virgin Coconut Oil). He was one of the six co-founders and a president of the Philippine Heart Association, a president of the Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies, a president of the Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology, and an emeritus professor of pharmacology at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. He performed pioneering tests on the efficacy of coconut oil on HIV and wrote about coconut oil's health benefits.{{cite news |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20071006-92986/Conrado_Dayrit%2C_Dr._Coconut%3B_88 |title=Conrado Dayrit, Dr. Coconut; 88 |date=October 6, 2007 |work=The Philippine Daily Inquirer |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107191207/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20071006-92986/Conrado_Dayrit,_Dr._Coconut;_88 |archivedate=2012-01-07 |accessdate=March 22, 2011}}
- {{cite news |url=http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/talkofthetown/view/20060917-21432/Docs_provide_the_science_on_VCO |title=Docs provide the science on VCO |date=September 17, 2006 |work=The Philippine Daily Inquirer |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204220345/http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/talkofthetown/view/20060917-21432/Docs_provide_the_science_on_VCO |archivedate=2012-02-04 |accessdate=March 22, 2011}}
- {{cite web |publisher=Science and Technology Information Institute. Department of Science and Technology (Philippines). |date=n.d. |url=http://webdb.stii.dost.gov.ph/scidetails.jsp?sci_id=000076 |title=Database |author=Dayrit, Conrado S. |accessdate=March 22, 2011}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
- {{cite news |author=Castillo, Rafael |date=October 13, 2007 |url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20071013-94214/Dr._Dayrit%3A_academician%2C_clinician%2C_researcher%2C_friend |title=Dr. Dayrit: academician, clinician, researcher, friend |work=The Philippine Daily Inquirer |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917144319/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20071013-94214/Dr._Dayrit:_academician,_clinician,_researcher,_friend |archivedate=2012-09-17 |accessdate=March 23, 2011}}
- {{cite web |publisher=National Academy of Science and Technology. Health Sciences Division |date=n.d. |url=http://www.nast.ph/index.php?option=com_profile&id=75&view=details&template=nast3&Itemid=23 |title=Dayrit, Conrado S. (+) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321214535/http://www.nast.ph/index.php?option=com_profile&id=75&view=details&template=nast3&Itemid=23 |archivedate=2012-03-21 |accessdate=March 23, 2011}}
- {{cite web |author=Lee-Chua, Queena N. |date=October 9, 2007 |url=http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=0&aid=4270 |title=Conrado Singian Dayrit, MD: Lux in Domino Award |publisher=Ateneo de Manila University |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602145613/http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=0&aid=4270 |archivedate=2010-06-02 |accessdate=March 23, 2011}}