Read the bio below and try to give details on gustav embden 's: - known for - caption - death date - field - birth date - name - image size - nationality Bio: gustav georg embden -lrb- november 10 , 1874 -- july 25 , 1933 -rrb- was a german chemist . he taught at the university of frankfurt am main from its founding in 1914 . he conducted studies on carbohydrate metabolism and muscle contraction , and was the first to discover and link together all the steps involved in the conversion of glycogen to lactic acid . in 1918 otto fritz meyerhof explained -- cellular metabolism by showing that it involved the breakdown of glucose to lactic acid . embden worked out the precise steps involved in the breakdown . this cellular metabolic sequence from glycogen to lactic acid became known as the embden -- meyerhof pathway . he had also previously studied the liver 's metabolic processes , laying a foundation for understanding diabetes .
- known for is embden -- meyerhof pathway- caption is gustav embden- death date is july 25 , 1933- field is chemist- birth date is november 10 , 1874- name is gustav embden- image size is 150px- nationality is german