On the discovery of the nature of cholera toxin in India.
This brief account looks at the discovery of the nature of cholera toxin in India. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries research on cholera was being carried out in Bombay and Calcutta. Robert Koch visited India in 1883 and isolated and purified vibrio cholera the following year.This paper considers the contribution of Dr Sambhu Nath De, known best as S. N. De, (1915-1985) to cholera toxin discovery and notes the 2009 Conference which honoured his memory.
Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. biswaprasun@iitb.ac.in
Biswa Prasun
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D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007194:India
D002772:Cholera Toxin