Observations on the Function of Peroxidase Systems and the Chemistry of the Adrenal Cortex: Description of a New Carbohydrate Derivative

Observations on the Function of Peroxidase Systems and the Chemistry of the Adrenal Cortex: Description of a New Carbohydrate Derivative

Contributor(s):
The Biochemical Journal
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert, 1893-1986
Publication:
Biochemical Society (Great Britain), 1928
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Ascorbic Acid
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Articles
Abstract:
During the first year of his fellowship at Cambridge, Szent-Gyorgyi was able to isolate--from orange and cabbage juice--the reducing substance he had found in earlier work with adrenal glands. He found that it was a carbohydrate, perhaps a sugar acid, but needed to name it before he published his results. The editor of the Biochemical Journal rejected Szent-Gyorgyi's humorous names ("Ignose," then "Godnose") and suggested "hexuronic acid.". Szent-Gyorgyi was awarded a PhD from Cambridge for this work in 1927. In 1932, he would find that "hexuronic acid" was in fact vitamin C.
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Extent:
24 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584924X92 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
WGBBGK
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584924X92
Archival Collection:
The Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Papers (Profiles in Science)