Juda Hirsch Quastel

Juda Hirsch Quastel
Born(1899-10-02)October 2, 1899
Sheffield, England
DiedOctober 15, 1987(1987-10-15) (aged 88)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alma materImperial College London
University of Cambridge
AwardsOrder of Canada
Flavelle Medal (1974)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsCardiff Mental Hospital
Agricultural and Food Research Council
McGill University-Montreal General Hospital Research Institute

Juda Hirsch Quastel, CC FRSC FRS FRSE (October 2, 1899 – October 15, 1987) was a British-Canadian biochemist who pioneered diverse research in neurochemistry, soil metabolism, cellular metabolism, and cancer.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Quastel, J. H.; Wooldridge, W. R. (1928). "Some properties of the dehydrogenating enzymes of bacteria". The Biochemical Journal. 22 (3): 689–702. doi:10.1042/bj0220689. PMC 1252172. PMID 16744066.
  2. ^ Quastel, J. H.; Tennenbaum, M.; Wheatley, A. H. (1936). "Choline ester formation in, and choline esterase activities of, tissues in vitro". The Biochemical Journal. 30 (9): 1668–1681. doi:10.1042/bj0301668. PMC 1263240. PMID 16746209.
  3. ^ Jowett, M.; Quastel, J. H. (1935). "Studies in fat metabolism: The oxidation of normal saturated fatty acids in the presence of liver slices". The Biochemical Journal. 29 (9): 2159–2180. doi:10.1042/bj0292159. PMC 1266739. PMID 16745891.