Leading to Sirtuins History
1906 – NAD was discovered by Arthur Harden and William John Young. 1929 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin won the Nobel Prize with Arthur Harden for their investigation into fermentation 1936 – Otto Heinrich Warburg showed how NAD functions in fermentation reactions. 1938 – Conrad Elvehjem discovered “anti-black tongue factor,” the first vitamin precursors of NAD. 1940 – Arthur Kornberg discovered the…