Chemist no. 319 of 350 · Biochemistry

Albert Szent-Györgyi

1893-1986HungaryNobel Physiology/Medicine 1937

Isolated vitamin C; citric acid cycle

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The discovery, explained

Albert Szent-Györgyi: From Paprika to Vitamin C and Muscle Contraction

How Szent-Györgyi isolated hexuronic acid (vitamin C), explained fumarate catalysis in respiration and discovered actin and actomyosin. JAM, NET, GATE notes.

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Biography

Albert Szent-Györgyi: Complete Life and Legacy of the Vitamin C Pioneer

Life of Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893-1986): Budapest childhood, Nobel Prize 1937 in Physiology or Medicine, wartime resistance, US years and legacy.

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Academic lineage

Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.

Teachers: Frederick Gowland Hopkinspostdoc
Students: No documented student link yet