The foodstuff, carbohydrate, is essentially a packet of hydrogen, a hydrogen supplier, a hydrogen donor, and the main event during its combustion is the splitting off of hydrogen.
Albert Szent-GyorgyiAbout author
- Author's profession: Scientist
- Nationality: hungarian
- Born: September 16, 1893
- Died: October 22, 1986
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