生物化学（英文版）biochemistry-chapter 1英文1教学材料.pptVIP

Biochemistry;Protein Enzyme Carbohydrate Lipid Nucleic Acid Vitamin Hormone;The Textbooks;Contents of Biochemistry (1) ---This semester;Chapter 1 Introduction to Biochemistry ;1.1 Brief history of Biochemistry;1780s Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (French): Combustion of a candle is similar to the “respiration ”of animals, as both need O2 . For the first time a physiological process was explained with reference to a nonliving mechanism. Disaffirming “The Phlogiston Theory”;In 1838, J.J.Berzelius (Sweden chemist) named the term “Protein” which was from Greek “proteios”, meaning “most important”.