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Eduard Buchner

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Also known as Eduard Alois Buchner

German chemist (1907 Nobel Prize)

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Eduard Buchner was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1907 for his discovery that enzymes could carry out fermentation outside of living cells, fundamentally changing how scientists understood chemical reactions in biology. His work demonstrated that the chemistry of life could be studied and manipulated in the laboratory, opening new possibilities for industrial applications and biochemical research.

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Eduard Buchner appears in Vinony's Nobel Prize in Chemistry collection — one of 198 entries. It also appears in Nobel Laureates.

Within Vinony's link graph, Eduard Buchner is referenced by 276 other articles, and connects out to University of Wrocław, World War I and Q7186.

It is catalogued under topics including 1860 births, 1917 deaths and Academic staff of the University of Breslau.

Its subject is documented across 76 Wikipedia language editions.

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Born
1860
Died
1917
Works
3

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  • Fortschritte in der Chemie der Gärung
  • Eine neue Synthese von Derivaten des Trimethylens
  • Die Zymasegärung

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1907

    for his biochemical researches and his discovery of cell-free fermentation

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1917-08-13
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1860-05-20
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Encyclopedic overview

Eduard Buchner ( German: [ˈeːduaʁt ˈbuːxnɐ] ; 20 May 1860 – 13 August 1917) was a German chemist and expert on fermentation (sometimes called a zymologist), awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation.

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