Biology
- Vitamins: Water Soluble-4: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMINS B9 & B12 Vitamins Vitamin B9 Vitamin B12 Other names Folic acid, folacin, vitamin M, Fermentation residue factor, anti-anaemic factor Cyanocobalamin, extrinsic factor of Castle or Animal Protein factor (APF) Discovered...
- Vitamins: Water Soluble-3: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMINS B6 & B7 Vitamins Vitamin B6 Vitamin B7 Other names Pyridoxine, or rat antidermatitis factor Biotin, vitamin H, anti-egg white injury factor, co-enzyme R Discovered by Goldberger W.G. Bateman Daily requirement 2...
- Vitamins: Water Soluble-1: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMIN B1 & B2 Vitamins Vitamin B1 Vitamin B2 Other names Thiamine, antiberiberi vitamin, antineuritic vitamin or aneurin Riboflavin, Lactoflavin, vitamin G, Ovoflavin, or Yellow enzyme Discovered by C. Funk Warburg and...
- Vitamins: Fat Soluble -2: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMIN E & K Vitamins Vitamin E Vitamin K Other names Tocopherol, antisterility vitamin, fertility factor, beauty vitamin3 forms: ?, ? & ? Phylloquinone or antihaemerrhagic vitamin3 forms: K1 (phylloquinone) K2 (menaquinone)...
- Vitamins: Fat Soluble-1: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMIN A & D Vitamins Vitamin A Vitamin D Other names Retinol, carotenoid, anti- xerophthalmic vitamin, Vitamin of growth Antirachitic vitamin, Calciferol, sunshine vitamin5 forms: D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 Discovered by Mc Collum...
Biology
Inventions & Discoveries in Biology - 4
CONTRIBUTION | DISCOVERED/INVENTED BY |
1. Sex hormones | Eugen Stainak |
2. Sexuality in plants | Kolreuter |
3. Sickle cell anaemia: Traced mutation in Hb of sickle cell anaemia to a change in a particular amino acid | Ingram V.M (1956) |
4. Simple microscope | Anton van Leeuwenhoek |
5. Southern blotting | Southern E.M (1975) |
6. Sperm- discovered | Humm & Leeuwenhoek (1672) |
7. Sphaerosome | Pernes (1953) |
8. Spleen - Functions | Barcroft (1925) |
9. Spontaneous mutation in locus in maize | Stadler J |
10. Stethoscope | Laennec |
11. Streptomycin (antibiotic) | Selman Waksman (1944) |
12. Substrate & enzyme action form an enzyme-substrate complex | Michaelis L & Menton M (1913) |
13. Sulpha drugs | Domagk G. |
14. Synapse in the nervous system | Sherrington (1897) |
15. Test tube baby- first | Robert Edward & Patrick Steptoe |
16. Three-kingdom classification | Ernest Haeckel (1866) |
17. Thyroxin | Edward Calvin |
18. Tissue culture | Carrel A (1912) |
19. TMV (Tobacco Mosaic Virus)- discovered | Iwanowski |
20. TMV (Tobacco Mosaic Virus)- Isolated by crystallisation | Stanley W.M (1935) |
21. Totipotency of plant cells- Explained | Haberlandt (1902) |
22. Totipotency technique- First demonstrated | Steward (1950) |
23. Transmission of inheritance takes place through nucleus | Ernest Haeckel (1866) |
24. Trilaminar model of plasma membrane | Robertson J.D. (1959) |
25. Tubercle bacillus | Robert Koch (1882) |
26. Tuberculin test | Von Pirquet (1907) |
27. Turner?s syndrome | Turner (1938) |
28. Ultracentrifuge | Svedberg |
29. Vaccination- first | Edward Jenner |
30. Vaccine for Measles | John Enders |
31. Vaccine for small pox | Edward Jenner |
32. Viroid- First viroid | Diener T.O. (1971) |
33. Virus- reproduction | Delbruck, Hershey & Luria |
34. Virus, causing cancer in primates | Schidolvski D. (1973) |
35. Virus: Proved its existence | Ivanowsky (1892) |
36. Viruses crystallised & proved that these crystals can cause disease | W.M. Stanley (1935) |
37. Virusoid- First virusoid | Randles J.W. (1981) |
38. Vitamin | Funk (1911) |
39. Vitamin A | Mc Cullem and Davis |
40. Vitamin A- isolated | Holmus |
41. Vitamin B | Mc Cullem |
42. Vitamin B1 | Ijac mann |
43. Vitamin B12 | Ricker |
44. Vitamin B2 | Warburg & Christian |
45. Vitamin B3 | R.J. Williams |
46. Vitamin B5 | C. Funk |
47. Vitamin B6 | Goldberger |
48. Vitamin B7 (Biotin) | Vincent Du Vigneaud |
49. Vitamin B9 | Day et al |
50. Vitamin C | Froilic Holst |
51. Vitamin D | Steenbock & Hess |
52. Vitamin E | Evans & Sore |
53. Vitamin K | Dam & Droisy |
54. Western blotting | Towbin (1979) |
55. Wheat- Cytology and genetics | Sears E.R (1948) |
56. X-rays | Roentgen (1895) |
57. Zymase, the first enzyme | Edward Buchner (1897; Germany) |
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- Vitamins: Water Soluble-4: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMINS B9 & B12 Vitamins Vitamin B9 Vitamin B12 Other names Folic acid, folacin, vitamin M, Fermentation residue factor, anti-anaemic factor Cyanocobalamin, extrinsic factor of Castle or Animal Protein factor (APF) Discovered...
- Vitamins: Water Soluble-3: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMINS B6 & B7 Vitamins Vitamin B6 Vitamin B7 Other names Pyridoxine, or rat antidermatitis factor Biotin, vitamin H, anti-egg white injury factor, co-enzyme R Discovered by Goldberger W.G. Bateman Daily requirement 2...
- Vitamins: Water Soluble-1: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMIN B1 & B2 Vitamins Vitamin B1 Vitamin B2 Other names Thiamine, antiberiberi vitamin, antineuritic vitamin or aneurin Riboflavin, Lactoflavin, vitamin G, Ovoflavin, or Yellow enzyme Discovered by C. Funk Warburg and...
- Vitamins: Fat Soluble -2: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMIN E & K Vitamins Vitamin E Vitamin K Other names Tocopherol, antisterility vitamin, fertility factor, beauty vitamin3 forms: ?, ? & ? Phylloquinone or antihaemerrhagic vitamin3 forms: K1 (phylloquinone) K2 (menaquinone)...
- Vitamins: Fat Soluble-1: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMIN A & D Vitamins Vitamin A Vitamin D Other names Retinol, carotenoid, anti- xerophthalmic vitamin, Vitamin of growth Antirachitic vitamin, Calciferol, sunshine vitamin5 forms: D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 Discovered by Mc Collum...