The Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Papers
- Title:
- [Albert Szent-Gyorgyi talks about testing paprika for vitamin C]
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- Description:
- This story about his nearly accidental discovery of a plentiful source of vitamin C was one of Szent-Gyorgyi's favorites.
- Running Time:
- 42 seconds
- Date:
- 1984
- Creator:
- National Foundation for Cancer Research
- Source:
- NLM HMD Collection, call number WZ 100 VC no. 41 1984
- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi: A Special Gift. National Foundation for Cancer Research. 01:08:43:26-01:09:26:02 on DigiBeta tape.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi: A Special Gift (1984)
- Publisher:
- Pacific Street Film Projects
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of the National Foundation for Cancer Research.
- Subject:
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- Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
- Ascorbic Acid
- Capsicum
- Exhibit Category:
- The National Foundation for Cancer Research, 1973-1986
- Unique Identifier:
- WGBBMH
- Document Type:
- Video recordings
- Interviews
- Excerpts
- Language:
- English
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- image/tif
- video/quicktime
- video/x-pn-realvideo
- Physical Condition:
- Good
- Transcript:
- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi: One night my wife gave me paprika for dinner, and--we eat it all just as a plant, as it comes. . .
- Ralph Moss: Is that right? You eat it as a vegetable, you mean?
- ASG: As a vegetable, yes, like radishes or something. Then it occurred to me, this is a plant, the only plant that I never tried, because you couldn't find that in England or America where I worked. And so it was a big dish, and I didn't want to eat it, I didn't feel like eating it, but I didn't have the courage to say so. . .
- [laughter]
- ASG: But it occurred to me I never tried it, so I told my wife, "I'd better take this to the laboratory and see whether it's any good."
- Metadata Last Modified Date:
- 2006-06-21
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