Buchner

noun

Eduard (ˈeːduart). 1860–1917, German chemist who demonstrated that alcoholic fermentation is due to enzymes in the yeast: Nobel prize for chemistry 1907

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Buchner's discovery was not received without some hesitation.
Alcoholic Fermentation
Arthur Harden
Buchner thinks that this transfer was made in the reign of Claudius, 41-54 A. D.
Archology and the Bible
George A. Barton
There are many theories of fermentation, of which the two most important are those of Pasteur and Buchner.
A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products
F. B. Wright
Buchner, the leader of the purely Materialistic school, claims positively that Thought is but the product of Matter.
Dynamic Thought
William Walker Atkinson
Buchner's process for the preparation of active yeast-juice is characterised by extreme simplicity.
Alcoholic Fermentation
Arthur Harden