Warburg, Otto Heinrich

1883–1970 German biochemist and cell physiologist noted for studies of metabolic processes, enzymes and photosynthesis.

Keywords: spectrophotometry; manometry; iron oxygenase; photosynthesis; flavoproteins; cancer cells

 Further Reading
    book Warburg OH (1949) Heavy Metal Prosthetic Groups and Enzyme Action. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
    book Burk D (1976) "Warburg, Otto Heinrich". In: Gillispie CC (ed.) Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 14, pp. 172–177. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
    book Farrer D (1974) The Warburgs, pp. 148–153 (Otto Warburg). London: Michael Joseph.
    Krebs HA (1972) Otto Heinrich Warburg. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 18: 629–699.
    book Krebs H and Schmid R (1981) Otto Warburg: Cell Physiologist, Biochemist and Eccentric, Krebs H and Martin A (transl.). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
    book Sourkes TL (1967) Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine and Physiology 1901–1965, pp. 152–157. London: Abelard Schuman.
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Coley, Noel G(Apr 2001) Warburg, Otto Heinrich. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002440]