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CORI, Carl Ferdinand (1896 – 1984)

CORI, Carl Ferdinand (1896 – 1984)

1896 – 1984

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Nobel Foundation · nobelprize.org · Public domain

1929 CE

#12327

Glycogen formation in the liver from d- and 1-lactic acid.

The Cori cycle (also known as the lactic acid cycle), a metabolic pathway in which lactate produced by anaerobic glycolysis in muscles is transported to the liver and converted to glucose, which then returns to the mu…

1947 CE

#751.4

Enzymatic reactions in carbohydrate metabolism.

In 1947 Carl Cori and his wife Gerty Cori (1896-1957) shared the Nobel Prize (with Houssay) “for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen.” They are more often remembered for t…