Observations on the Function of Peroxidase Systems and the Chemistry of the Adrenal Cortex: Description of a New Carbohydrate Derivative
- Title:
- Observations on the Function of Peroxidase Systems and the Chemistry of the Adrenal Cortex: Description of a New Carbohydrate Derivative
- Creator:
- Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert, 1893-1986
- Date:
- 1928
- Description:
- 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.
- Periodical:
- The Biochemical Journal
- Publisher:
- Biochemical Society (Great Britain)
- Location:
- Box: 1. Folder: 8
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission from Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert, (1928), Biochemical Journal, 22, 1387-1409. Copyright the Biochemical Society.
- Genre:
- Articles
- Subject:
- Ascorbic Acid
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 24 pages
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Periodical. Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert. "Observations on the Function of Peroxidase Systems and the Chemistry of the Adrenal Cortex: Description of a New Carbohydrate Derivative." The Biochemical Journal 22, 6 (1928): 1387-1409. Article. 24 Images.. The Biochemical Journal
- Legacy ID:
- WGBBGK
- NLM ID:
- 101584924X92
- Profiles Collection:
- The Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584924X92
- Story Section:
- Searching for a Scientific Home, 1919-1930