(1893 – 1986)

Biochemist, physician.

In 1937, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion process with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid. He was the first to isolate vitamin C, which he found in abundance in Hungarian paprika.

His early research at Groningen concerned the chemistry of cell respiration. Szent-Györgyi demonstrated the existence of a reducing substance in plant and animal tissues. He noted the anti-scorbutic activity of ascorbic acid.

Discovered: isolation of vitamin C (1932) and P (1936), catalytic function of the C4-dicarboxylic acids, flavin, biological activity and vitamin nature of flavanone (vitamin P).