PAYEN, A. et J.F. PERSOZ - DISCOVERY OF THE FIRST ENZYME, DIASTASE.

Mémoire sur la diastase, les principaux produits de ses réactions et leurs applications aux arts industriels" (Memoir on diastase, the principal products of its reactions, and their applications to the industrial arts),

Paris, Crochard, 1833. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands, gilt spine with gilt lettering. A few scratches to spine. Stamps to verso of titlepage. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", Series 2, tome 53. Entire volume offered. 448 pp. Payen & Persoz's paper: pp. 73-92. Clean and fine.

First printing of a pioneering paper in industrial chemistry and microbiology, being the discovery of the first Enzyme, Diastase. It catalyses the breakdown of starch into maltose.

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