Hans Kreb Sir Hans Adolf Term Paper

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Through his study of oxidation and the enzymatic processes, he accomplished a major achievement, discovering the citric acid cycle as a way of oxidizing carbohydrate. The cycle breaks down fatty acids and creates other substances. The cycle is present in all forms of life from the single cell bacteria and protozoa up to complex mammals. The discovery of this common way of creating energy among life forms may help explain the origin of all forms of life in the evolutionary process. His discovery may also be utilized in creating new sources of energy and transforming one kind of foodstuff which may be useless, such as orange peels, into useful food sources, such as dog food (which is now done). Enzymes speed up biochemical processes, so may be used in antibiotics that fight infection, and household cleaners that break down fat in stains or on surfaces.
Enzymes are used in meat tenderizers, as well as in drugs or pest poisons, available commercially (Denton 30).

This scientist realized early in his career that the area of the source of energy for cells was important to discover and he set about researching this. His discovery of a fairly simple chemical reactions that uses oxygen in the arrangement of elements to assist cellular respiration, and therefore becomes a part of one's metabolism, changing carbohydrates, fat and protean into carbon dioxide and water in the process of generating energy, has been important so far and may be a crucial element in future scientific work in biochemistry.

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