In photosynthesis, oxygen comes from water: from a 1787 book for women by Monsieur De Fourcroy
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Summary, in English
It is now well established that the source of
oxygen in photosynthesis is water. The earliest suggestion
previously known to us had come from Rene´ Bernard
Wurmser (1930). Here, we highlight an earlier report by
Monsieur De Fourcroy (1787), who had already discussed
the broad outlines of such a hypothesis in a book on
Chemistry written for women. We present here a free
translation of a passage from this book, with the original
text in French as an Appendix.
oxygen in photosynthesis is water. The earliest suggestion
previously known to us had come from Rene´ Bernard
Wurmser (1930). Here, we highlight an earlier report by
Monsieur De Fourcroy (1787), who had already discussed
the broad outlines of such a hypothesis in a book on
Chemistry written for women. We present here a free
translation of a passage from this book, with the original
text in French as an Appendix.
Department/s
- Molecular Cell Biology
Publishing year
2016-04-14
Language
English
Pages
105-107
Publication/Series
Photosynthesis Research
Volume
129
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article (comment)
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Botany
Keywords
- Antoine Lavoisier
- Joseph Priestley
- Otto Warburg
- Richard Willstätter
- René Wurmser
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0166-8595