William Zev Hassid
William Zev Hassid · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who elucidated the biosynthesis of carbohydrates and cellulose
1899, Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine — 1974, Berkeley, California, USA
Berkeley, California · Jaffa
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William Zev Hassid was a biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley, who elucidated the biosynthesis of carbohydrates, including the enzymatic synthesis of sucrose and cellulose, laying foundations for modern carbohydrate chemistry. His use of radioactive carbon tracers helped map how plants build sugars. Born in Jaffa, he was Jewish. (Some sources give his birth year as 1897.)
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Biochemist who elucidated the biosynthesis of carbohydrates and cellulose
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