1912– German-born American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner who worked on the biosynthesis of cholesterol.
Keywords: cholesterol; lipids; squalene; acetyl coenzyme A
Bloch, Konrad Emil
WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002740
| Further Reading | |
| Bloch KE (1943) Biological conversion of cholesterol into cholic acid. Journal of Biological Chemistry 149: 511–517. | |
| Bloch KE (1944) The utilization of AcOH for fatty acid synthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 154: 31–12. | |
| Bloch KE (1953) Biosynthesis of squalene. Journal of Biological Chemistry 200: 129–134. | |
| book Bloch KE (1960) Lipid Metabolism. New York: Wiley. | |
| book Bloch KE (1972) The biological synthesis of cholesterol. Nobel Lectures Physiology or Medicine, pp. 73–102. Amsterdam: Elsevier. | |
| book Magner LN (1990) Nobel Laureates in Medicine or Physiology, Fox DM (ed.), pp. 51–56. New York: Garland. | |
| book Sourkes TL (1967) Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine and Physiology 1901–1965, pp. 421–431. New York: Abelard-Schumann. | |
| book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 104–105. New York: HW Wilson. | |
