Otto Fritz Meyerhof

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1922

“for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle”

Otto Fritz Meyerhof was a German physician and biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1922 for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in muscle. He was affiliated with Kiel University. His research advanced understanding of muscle metabolism.

Field

Biology · Physiology

Lifespan

1884–1951