Nobel prize 1937 to Albert von Szent-Györgyi: Identification of vitamin C as the anti-scorbutic factor

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 915-919

  Zetterström, Rolf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; MALIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CATALYSIS; CELL RESPIRATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SCURVY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NOBEL PRIZE; SCURVY;

EID: 64149125311     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01239.x     Document Type: Review

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