History of Biochemistry

Question 1

who coined biochemistry?

Answer 1

Carl Neuberg (1903)

Question 2

study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms
used for medical research
language of biology

Answer 2

biochemistry

Question 3

what does bios mean?

Answer 3

life

Question 4

what does chymos mean?

Answer 4

juice

Question 5

a book published by Justus von Liebig in 1842

Answer 5

Book of Organic Chemistry and its Application to Physiology and Pathology

Question 6

a book published in 1877 by Felix Hoppe-Seyler

Answer 6

Textbook of Physiological Chemistry

Question 7

isolated urea from urine

Answer 7

Rouell (1773)

Question 8

oxidation of food stuffs

Answer 8

Laviosier (1785)

Question 9

synthesis of urea

Answer 9

Wohler (1828)

Question 10

enzyme catalysis theory

Answer 10

Berzelius (1835)

Question 11

fermentation and pasteurization

Answer 11

Pasteur (1860)

Question 12

extracted enzymes

Answer 12

Buchner (1897)

Question 13

isolated ATP from muscles

Answer 13

Fiske and Subbarow (1926)

Question 14

creatine phosphate

Answer 14

Lohmann (1932)

Question 15

citric acid cycle

Answer 15

Hans Krebs (1937)

Question 16

DNA is a genetic material

Answer 16

Avery and Macleod (1944)

Question 17

TCA cycle in mitochondria

Answer 17

Lehninger (1950)

Question 18

structure of DNA

Answer 18

Watson and Crick (1953)

Question 19

genetic code in mRNA

Answer 19

Nirenberg (1961)

Question 20

sequenced gene in tRNA

Answer 20

Holley (1963)

Question 21

synthesized the gene

Answer 21

Khorana (1965)

Question 22

recombinant DNA technology

Answer 22

Paul Berg (1972)

Question 23

polymerase chain reaction

Answer 23

Kary Mullis (1985)

Question 24

what are the importance/application of biochemistry in the field of nursing?

Answer 24

how the body functions in both normal and various disease states
metabolic processes of living and their regulation
understand the effects of drugs
patients’ medication