Chemistry: This Day in Science History - August 5 - Heinrich Wieland

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This Day in Science History - August 5 - Heinrich Wieland Aug 4th 2011, 22:05 August 5th marks the passing of Heinrich Wieland. Wieland was a German organic chemist who was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the bile acids. Bile is a liquid excreted by the liver to aid digestion and absorption of fatty foods. He found three different acids made up bile: cholic acid, deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid. These three acids were all steroids and had similar structures. He also demonstrated the relationship between bile and cholesterol. Find out what else occurred on this day in science history. Follow Chemistry on Facebook or Twitter.

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