Historical Bibliography Updated: July 30, 2021

Umwandlung der Benzoësäure in Hippursäure im lebenden Organismus.

WÖHLER, Friedrich (1800 – 1882) Wikipedia

Publication Details

Ann. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 56, 638-41. 1842 CE.

Discovery that benzoic acid taken in with food is excreted in the urine as hippuric acid. (But see the footnote to p. 474 of Garrison’s History of medicine, 1929.)

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Chemistry & Biochemistry

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BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY › Metabolism

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Entry Number	#678
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External URL	umwandlung-der-benzosure-in-hippursure-im-lebenden-organismus