The field of oxidative phosphorylation began with the report in 1906 by Arthur Harden of a vital role for phosphate in cellular fermentation, but initially only sugar phosphates were known to be involved.
对氧化磷酸化的研究起源于阿瑟·哈登1906年的报告，阐述了磷酸盐在细胞发酵中的重要作用，但最初只知道糖磷酸盐与此相关。