Grace Medes
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American biochemist
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Grace Medes's Degrees
- Bachelors Biochemistry University of California, Berkeley
- PhD Biochemistry Stanford University
Why Is Grace Medes Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Grace Medes was an American biochemist, who discovered tyrosinosis—a metabolic disorder today known as tyrosinemia—and studied fatty acid metabolism. She was awarded the Garvan-Olin Medal in 1955 for her work.
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- Metabolism of neoplastic tissue. IV. A study of lipid synthesis in neoplastic tissue slices in vitro. (1953) (369)
- A new error of tyrosine metabolism: tyrosinosis. The intermediary metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine. (1932) (189)
- THE KIDNEY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE (1935) (77)
- Dienoic acid contents of rats with linoleic acid and pyridoxine deficiencies. (1951) (54)
- Fatty acid metabolism. The mechanism of ketone body synthesis from fatty acids, with isotopic carbon as tracer. (1944) (52)
- Metabolism of neoplastic tissue. XIII. Substrate competition in fatty acid oxidation in ascites tumor cells. (1958) (49)
- Isotopic method for tyrosine transaminase activity. (1967) (44)
- Fatty acid metabolism. VIII. Acetate metabolism in vitro during hepatocarcinogenesis by p-dimethylaminoazobenzene. (1956) (43)
- Nutritional factors in fatty acid synthesis by tissue slices in vitro. (1952) (38)
- Metabolism of neoplastic tissues. XI. Absorption and oxidation of dietary fatty acids by implanted tumors. (1957) (30)
- Fatty acid metabolism; the conversion of fatty acid intermediates to citrate, studied with the aid of isotopic carbon. (1946) (29)
- A study of acetate metabolism and fatty acid synthesis in liver slices of hyperthyroid rats. (1953) (29)
- Metabolism of sulphur: Further investigation of the enzymic oxidation of sulphur-containing amino-acids. (1942) (28)
- Metabolism of neoplastic tissue. XV. Oxidation of exogenous fatty acids in lettre-ehrlich ascites tumor cells. (1960) (27)
- Metabolism of sulphur: Oxidation of the sulphur-containing amino-acids by enzymes from the liver of the albino rat. (1939) (26)
- Solubility of Calcium Oxalate and Uric Acid in Solutions of Urea (1932) (22)
- Metabolism of sulphur: Oxidation in the body of the sulphur-containing amino-acids and some of their partially oxidized derivatives. (1937) (22)
- THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF C13 COMPOUNDS : I. THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF C13-LABELED STARCH (1947) (18)
- FATTY ACID METABOLISM II. THE BREAKDOWN OF CARBOXYL-LABELED BUTYRIC ACID BY LIVER TISSUE (1945) (17)
- Histological changes in the testis of the guinea‐pig during scurvy and inanition (1926) (17)
- Fatt acid metabolism; ketone bodies as intermediates of acetate oxidation in animal tissues. (1946) (15)
- Growth of albino rats on a choline-free diet ill which homocystine is the only sulfur-containing amino acid. (1944) (13)
- Blood Flow to the Kidney and Creatinine Clearance.∗ (1933) (12)
- A study of the causes and the extent of variations in the larvae of Arbacia punctulata (1917) (12)
- A Study of Scurvy and Its Bearing on the Preservation of the Teeth (1921) (12)
- A study of the effects of growth hormone on fatty acid metabolism in vitro. (1956) (12)
- THE EFFECT OF CERTAIN SULFUR COMPOUNDS ON THE COAGULATION OF BLOOD (1936) (11)
- THE SPERMATOGENESIS OF SCUTIGERA FORCEPS (1905) (11)
- Fatty acid metabolism; conversion of acetoacetate to citrate in animal tissues, studied with isotopic carbon. (1947) (11)
- An Unknown Reducing Urinary Substance in Myasthenia Gravis. (1927) (11)
- MAGNESIUM METABOLISM ON PURIFIED DIETS (1926) (10)
- Fatty acid metabolism. 3. Reactions of carboxyl-labeled acetic acid in liver and kidney. (1945) (10)
- Intermediates of acetate oxidation in kidney. (1945) (10)
- Essential fatty acid metabolism; essential fatty acid content of rats on fat-free and pyridoxine-free diets. (1947) (9)
- THE MECHANISM OF FATTY ACID OXIDATION (1944) (9)
- EFFECT OF ANESTHETICS ON VARIOUS CELL ACTIVITIES (1920) (9)
- The Ability of Homocystine to Support Rat Growth in the Absence of Dietary Choline and Methionine (1943) (9)
- KETONE BODY FORMATION FROM ACETATE IN KIDNEY, WITH ISOTOPIC CARBON AS A TRACER (1945) (8)
- The determination of ascorbic acid in urine with phospho-18-tungstic acid. (1935) (8)
- Normal Growth and Cancer (1964) (8)
- The estimation of fatty acid synthesis in rat liver slices. (1953) (8)
- Physical Chemistry in Biology and Medicine (7)
- Sulphur metabolism: The precipitation of cystine from solutions by mercuric and cuprous chlorides and its recovery, as preliminary to its quantitative determination in urine. (1936) (6)
- THE EFFECT OF ALTERING RENAL BLOOD PRESSURE ON GLOMERULAR FILTRATION (1933) (6)
- Photelometric determination of inorganic sulfate in biological fluids. (1940) (6)
- Metabolism of sulphur. Cysteic acid. (1942) (6)
- STUDIES ON DUODENAL REGURGITATION. I. (1928) (6)
- Histological changes in the testis of the Guinea pig during scurvy and inanition. (1924) (5)
- Isotopes in medicine. (1948) (5)
- Rats on diets high in phosphorous and low in calcium. (1926) (4)
- Metabolism of sulphur: The quantitative determination of cystine in normal urine. (1936) (4)
- Metabolism of sulphur: The excretion of cystine by normal individuals. (1937) (4)
- Germinal epithelium of guinea pigs during early stages of scurvy. (1926) (3)
- The Effect of Hypercalcemia on the Creatin Output in Myasthenia Gravis. (1927) (3)
- Production of cysteine from methionine by liver slices. (1943) (3)
- The Chemistry and Metabolism of the Compounds of Sulfur (1939) (2)
- Fatty acid synthesis in hyperthyroidism. (1953) (2)
- Four years' experience with p-dimethylamino-azobenzene diets and rat hepatomas. (1943) (2)
- Observations on the use of the phosphotungstic acid method of determining ascorbic acid in urines with low ascorbic acid content. (1936) (1)
- Induced Large Variations in the Urinary Proteins in Bright's Disease, Particularly in Nephrosis. (1927) (1)
- Comparative solubilities of creatinine and guanidine picrates. (1925) (1)
- Histological changes in the adrenal glands of guinea pigs subjected to scurvy and severe inanition. (1926) (1)
- Effect of Certain Sulfur Compounds on Coagulation of Blood (1936) (1)
- Improved Method for the Extraction of Melanin from Human Urine. (1928) (1)
- Metabolism of sulphur: The non-production of glycogen from cystine, cysteine and methionine and their partially oxidized derivatives. (1939) (1)
- A Micro Method for the Quantitative Estimation of the Proteins of Blood Plasma (1933) (1)
- ISOLATION OF A PLEOMORPHIC ACID-FAST ORGANISM FROM LIVER AND BLOOD OF CARCINOGEN-FED RATS. (1964) (1)
- Is cystine sulfoxide an intermediate in the oxidative metabolism of cystine (1)
- MAGNESIUM CONTENT OF NORMAL RATS AT DIFFERENT AGES (1927) (1)
- Modification of Garrod's Method for Preparation of Homogentisic Acid from Urine (1933) (1)
- The Effect of Anesthetics on Living Cells. (1920) (1)
- Fat metabolism and ketone body formation as shown by heavy carbon. (1946) (0)
- A Symposium on the Use of Isotopes in Biology and Medicine (1948) (0)
- Fat metabolism. (1950) (0)
- Composition of rats on low magnesium diet. (1926) (0)
- The synthesis of methionine and cystine by rats on a choline-free diet with homocystine as the only sulfur-containing amino acid. (1944) (0)
- Observations on the Function of the Pylorus as Revealed by Duodenal Regurgitation. (1927) (0)
- Notes of the Life-Cycle of Herpetomonas Drosophilae, sp. (1913) (0)
- The Antiscorbutic Vitamine in Fresh Beef. (0)
- Studies on the origin of the plasma proteins. (1933) (0)
- EFFECT OF HEATING THE ANTISCORBUTIC VITAMINE IN THE PRESENCE OF INVERTASE (1921) (0)
- Studies on the Neutral Sulfur of Urine. Criticism of the Iodimetric Titration of Diethylsulfide.∗ (1934) (0)
- Application of isotopes in clinical medicine. (1951) (0)
- THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF C COMPOUNDS : I. THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF C-LABELED STARCH. (1947) (0)
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