Gustav Embden
Gustav Embden · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who helped elucidate glycolysis, the Embden-Meyerhof pathway of sugar breakdown.
1874, Hamburg, Germany — 1933, Nassau, Germany
Germany
Gustav Embden is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist who helped elucidate glycolysis, the Embden-Meyerhof pathway of sugar breakdown.
Gustav Embden was a German biochemist who made fundamental contributions to understanding glycolysis, the breakdown of sugar for energy, work commemorated in the Embden-Meyerhof pathway that bears his name. His research helped establish the biochemistry of muscle metabolism. Embden was born into a Jewish family in Hamburg.
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Biochemist who helped elucidate glycolysis, the Embden-Meyerhof pathway of sugar breakdown.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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