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SZENT-GYÖRGYI, Albert (1893 – 1987)

1893 – 1987

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

1928 CE

#1059

Observations on the function of peroxidase systems and the chemistry of the adrenal cortex. Description of a new carbohydrate derivative.

Isolation of vitamin C, ascorbic acid. In 1937 Szent-Györgyi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries in connexion with the biological combustion process with special reference t…

1936 CE

#1072

Vitamin P: Flavonols as vitamins.

Discovery of vitamin P (“citrin”).