Mary Bernheim
Mary Bernheim (maiden name Hare; 1902–97) was a British biochemist who obtained her doctorate at Cambridge University. While a graduate student, she discovered the enzyme tyramine oxidase that was later renamed monoamine oxidase (MAO).[1][2]
In her publication, Bernheim described her use of the Barcroft technique to observe the oxidation and deamination of tyramine in the liver.[1]
In 1930 she became a member of the original faculty of Duke Medical School, and in 1962 was promoted to full professor.
She authored over sixty papers.
Notes
- 1 2 Hare ML (1928). "Tyramine oxidase: A new enzyme system in liver". The Biochemical Journal 22 (4): 968–79. PMC 1252213. PMID 16744124.
- ↑ Slotkin TA (1999). "Mary Bernheim and the discovery of monoamine oxidase". Brain Research Bulletin 50 (5-6): 373. doi:10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00110-0. PMID 10643441.
External links
- "Dr. Mary Bernheim's Gallery". Women in Duke Medicine. Duke Medical Center.
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