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Author Fruton, Joseph S. (Joseph Stewart), 1912-2007.

Title Fermentation : vital or chemical process? / by Joseph S. Fruton.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 141 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series History of science and medicine library ; v. 1
History of science and medicine library ; v. 1. 1872-0684
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-133) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Aristotle to Paracelsus -- Van Helmont to Black -- Lavoisier to Fischer -- The Buchners to the Warburg Group -- Conclusion -- Index of Personal Names.
Summary Human knowledge of the conversion of grape must into wine and of cereal dough into bread is as old as agriculture. This book is a study of the ways this phenomenon (fermentation) has been considered since Aristotle to be analogous to natural processes such as human digestion. During 1200-1600 A.D., alchemists wrote "ferments" or "elixirs" that could turn lead into gold. A century later, in Newton's time, many physicians and natural philosophers considered fermentation to be an important natural process. The 18th century was marked by Lavoisier's celebrated experiment on alcoholic fermentation. The 19th-century debate about the nature of this process was concluded by Buchner's preparation of a active cell-free yeast extract. During 1910-1940, many researchers participated in the identification of the chemical intermediates and catalysts in the multi-enzyme pathway of alcoholic fermentation.
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Subject Fermentation -- History.
Fermentation.
History.
Biochemistry.
Biochemistry.
Biochemistry -- history.
Fermentation.
Chronological Term Geschichte Anfänge-2000
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Computer network resources.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Fruton, Joseph S. (Joseph Stewart), 1912-2007. Fermentation. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006 (DLC) 2007270923
ISBN 9047410416 (electronic book)
9789047410416 (electronic book)
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9789047410416