A documentary history of biochemistry, 1770-1940 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Teich, Mikuláš
Other Authors:	Needham, Dorothy M. (Dorothy Mary), 1896-1987
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Rutherford [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [1992]
Subjects:	Biochemistry > history.

Table of Contents:

Section I. Enzymes
a. From the 1780s to c. 1880: fermentation and digestion / A.-L. Lavoisier ... [et al.]
b. From c. 1880 to c. 1940: nature of action and chemical nature / C. O'Sullivan ... [et al.]
Section II. Photosynthesis
a. From the 1770s to c. 1880: discovery and groundwork / J. Priestley ... [et al.]
b. From c. 1900 to c. 1940: elaboration / M. Tswett ... [et al.]
Section III. Respiration
a. From the 1770s to c. 1880: the concept of slow combustion. Location / A.-L. Lavoisier ... [et al.]
b. From c. 1880 to c. 1940: intracellular respiration and oxidizing-reducing systems. Citric acid cycle / C.A. MacMunn ... [et al.]
Section IV. Carbohydrates
a. From c. 1800 to c. 1860: analysis and identification. Synthesis in the animal body / G.L. Gay-Lussac ... [et al.]
b. From c. 1880 to c. 1940: configuration. Anaerobic and aerobic breakdown, and phosphorylation / E. Fischer ... [et al.]
Section V. Proteins
a. From the 1770s to c. 1890: analysis. Nutritional and biological relationships / A.F. de Fourcroy ... [et al.].
(cont.) b. From c. 1890 to c. 1940: nature and structure. Size and shape. Metabolism / F. Hofmeister ... [et al.]
Section VI. Lipids
a. From the 1780s to c. 1890: analysis. Saponification and absorption. Lipase
b. From c. 1900 to c. 1940: fatty acid metabolism, lipase action and cholesterol
Section VII. Conceptual and disciplinary issues
a. From the 1770s to c. 1880: vital force. Chemistry of plant and animal life. Cell theory and evolution theory. Chemistry, physiology, and biochemistry / J.C. Reil ... [et al.]
b. From c. 1880 to c. 1940: biochemistry as an independent discipline. Static and dynamic biochemistry. Unity of biochemistry. Origin and nature of life. Biochemistry and morphology / M. Verworn ... [et al.].