title: Biospecific sorption, Prague, 1910: Emil Starkenstein (1884-1942).
abstract: Emil Starkenstein's paper (1910) on the influence of chloride on the enzymatic activity of liver amylase has been considered generally as the first experimental demonstration of the biospecific adsorption of an enzyme on a solid substrate. Emil Starkenstein's life is also briefly mentioned.
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D004798:Enzymes / Q000266:history / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes