Biology
Cysteine is a semi-essential amino acid that contains sulfur. In the body it is biosynthesized by methionine and is important for glutathione formation. Cysteine through glutathione plays a key role in body detoxification from heavy metals.
- Rhodium (rh)
Term: rhodium (Rh)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to rose?Origin: Anc Greek?????/rhodon(=rose)> ???????/rhadanos(soft, fragile) Coined/History Rhodium was discovered by English chemist William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) in 1803 and...
- Selenium (se)
Term: selenium (Se)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to moon?Origin: Anc Greek??????/selene(=moon) Coined/History Selenium was named by Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1817 ((1779-1848) when he noticed that selenium is...
- Methionine (met M)
Term: methionine (Met M)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to methyl and sulfur?Origin: Anc Greek????/methy(=drunkenness) + ???/hely (= trunk, wood) +????/thio(=pertaining to god as it was used in worship)Coined/History Methionine, although had discovered...
- Organic
Term: organicOrigin: Anc Greek ?????????/organikos(=pertaining to an organ)>???????/organon(=instrument, tool, organ ) Coined: The term introduced in 1833 by Swedish chemist by Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779 ? 1848). He was the first person to make the...
- Catalysis
Term: catalysis Origin: Anc Greek ????/cata(=prefix denoting ?down to? or ?against?)?????/lysis (=???/leo (break up, solve) à dissolution or a riot Jöns Jacob berzelius (1779 ?1848)Coined: in 1835 by Swedish...
Biology
cysteine (Cys C)
Term: cysteine
Literally meaning: ?pertaining to bladder?
Origin: Anc Greek
?????? (=sac or anatomical sac such as bladder)
> ??? (=to carry a baby in a sac)
Coined/History
In 1810 English chemist Wiliam Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) identified cysteine from urinary bladder stone and because he believed it to bean oxide gave it the name cystic oxide. Swidish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848) later in 1833 used the term cystine and finally German Eugen Baumann (1846-1896) in 1884 gave the name cysteine to the product he obtained after reduction of cystine.
Sourse:
Wollaston WH (1810). "On cystic oxide, a new species of urinary calculus". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 100 (0): 223?30.
Definition
Cysteine is a semi-essential amino acid that contains sulfur. In the body it is biosynthesized by methionine and is important for glutathione formation. Cysteine through glutathione plays a key role in body detoxification from heavy metals. - Rhodium (rh)
Term: rhodium (Rh)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to rose?Origin: Anc Greek?????/rhodon(=rose)> ???????/rhadanos(soft, fragile) Coined/History Rhodium was discovered by English chemist William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) in 1803 and...
- Selenium (se)
Term: selenium (Se)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to moon?Origin: Anc Greek??????/selene(=moon) Coined/History Selenium was named by Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1817 ((1779-1848) when he noticed that selenium is...
- Methionine (met M)
Term: methionine (Met M)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to methyl and sulfur?Origin: Anc Greek????/methy(=drunkenness) + ???/hely (= trunk, wood) +????/thio(=pertaining to god as it was used in worship)Coined/History Methionine, although had discovered...
- Organic
Term: organicOrigin: Anc Greek ?????????/organikos(=pertaining to an organ)>???????/organon(=instrument, tool, organ ) Coined: The term introduced in 1833 by Swedish chemist by Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779 ? 1848). He was the first person to make the...
- Catalysis
Term: catalysis Origin: Anc Greek ????/cata(=prefix denoting ?down to? or ?against?)?????/lysis (=???/leo (break up, solve) à dissolution or a riot Jöns Jacob berzelius (1779 ?1848)Coined: in 1835 by Swedish...