HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

1836Berzelius coined the term catalysis.
1878Kuehne worded the word enzyme.
1883Buchner isolated enzyme from yeast zymase.
1926James Sumner isolated from Jack Beans. He got noble prize in 1940.
1930Northrop crystallised proteolytic enzyme from gastrointestinal tract.

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