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Gustav Embden

Who

Gustav Embden · Science & Medicine

What

Biochemist who helped elucidate glycolysis, the Embden-Meyerhof pathway of sugar breakdown.

When

1874, Hamburg, Germany — 1933, Nassau, Germany

Where

Germany

Biography

Gustav Embden is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist who helped elucidate glycolysis, the Embden-Meyerhof pathway of sugar breakdown.

How & why

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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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology

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Biochemist who helped elucidate glycolysis, the Embden-Meyerhof pathway of sugar breakdown.

1874

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology