Observations on the function of peroxidase systems and the chemistry of the adrenal cortex
Year: 1928
Type: article
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."
Source: Biochemical Journal
DOI: 10.1042/bj0221387
Author: Albert Szent-Györgyi
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1255150800