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Albert Szent-gyrgyiAlbert Szent-Gyrgyi (September 16, 1893 - October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He was born in Budapest. His father, Nicolaus Szent-Gyrgyi, was a landowner. His mother, Josefine, was a daughter of Joseph Lenhossk and a sister of Michael Lenhossk; both of these men were Professors of Anatomy at the University of Budapest. Szent-Gyrgyi's work involved the chemistry of cell respiration. He used paprika at the University of Szeged as a source of vitamin C (the L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid) and noted its anti-scorbutic activity. In 1937, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "For his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion process with special reference to vitamin C & the catalysis of fumaric acid". He died in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. External link Szent-Gyrgyi, Albert Szent-Gyrgyi, Albert Szent-Gyrgyi, Albert Szent-Gyrgyi, Albert
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