Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt

Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937

University of Szeged

“for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid”

Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt was a Hungarian physiologist and biochemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 for his discoveries concerning biological combustion processes, especially vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid.

Field
Chemistry · Biochemistry
Lifespan
1893–1986
  • Chemistry
  • Biochemistry