Hans Fischer
Hans Fischer
Hans Fischerwas a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin."...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth21 July 1881
CountryGermany
normal particular produce quantities traces
Coproporphyrin in particular is widespread; traces are present in normal urine and also in yeast. In special cultures, yeast can be made to produce considerable quantities of coproporphyrin.
blood compound diverse methods split
The blood pigment haemoglobin is a compound which can be split by diverse methods into its constituents, pigment and protein.
large minor quantities
In cases of porphyria, a minor disease, the patient excretes large quantities of porphyrins.
If we introduce iron complexly into ooporphyrin, we obtain haemin.