Title:

The Chemical Nature of Vitamin C

Creator:

Svirbely, Joseph
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert, 1893-1986

Date:

1932

Description:

Joseph Svirbely had spent several years working on vitamin C isolation studies with C. G. King at the University of Pittsburgh. When he arrived at the Szeged laboratory as a post-doctoral fellow, Szent-Gyorgyi suggested he test "hexuronic acid" to determine if it might be vitamin C. This article is an expanded report of their initial results, which were first published in Nature April 16, 1932.

Periodical:

The Biochemical Journal

Publisher:

Biochemical Society (Great Britain)

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 11

Rights:

Reproduced with permission from Svirbely, Joseph and Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, (1932), Biochemical Journal, 26, 865-870. Copyright the Biochemical Society.

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Ascorbic Acid

Format:

Text

Extent:

6 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Svirbely, Joseph, and Albert Szent-Gyorgyi. "The Chemical Nature of Vitamin C." The Biochemical Journal 26, 3 (1932): 865-870. Article. 6 Images.. The Biochemical Journal

Legacy ID:

WGBBGW

NLM ID:

101584924X102

Profiles Collection:

The Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584924X102

Story Section:

Szeged, 1931-1947: Vitamin C, Muscles, and WWII