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A biographical sketch of albert szent-györgyi La vitamina C y algo más. Un premio Nobel poco conocido en Chile
Fecha
2015Registro en:
Revista Medica de Chile, Volumen 143, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1065-1069
07176163
00349887
10.4067/S0034-98872015000800015
Autor
Berger, Zoltán
Berger Salinas, Alexandra
Szánthó Pongrácz, György
Institución
Resumen
© 2015 Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Albert Szent-Györgyi was a Hungarian biochemist and physiologist. He identified the structure and function of vitamin C, naming it as ascorbic acid. His research on cellular respiration and oxidation provided the basis for Krebs’ citric acid cycle. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1937. With his collaborators, he discovered the biochemical basis of muscle contractility, isolating the basic proteins, giving them the name myosin and actin. Later on, he worked on the theory of carcinogenesis, linked to electron movements. He was one of the first researchers to describe the connection between free radicals and cancer. He lived a long, very complete life, defending always his opinion and freedom.