IGNOU BBCCT 101 2026 - Describe the origin of biochemistry and explain why it is consid

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Describe the origin of biochemistry and explain why it is considered an interdisciplinary discipline.

14 Feb 2026

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Biochemistry originated from the gradual merging of biology and chemistry during the nineteenth century, when scientists began to investigate the chemical basis of life processes. Early vitalists believed that living organisms possessed a special “vital force” distinct from non-living matter, but this view was challenged when Friedrich Wöhler synthesized urea in 1828 from inorganic compounds, demonstrating that organic molecules could be produced outside living systems. Later advances by scientists such as Louis Pasteur, Eduard Buchner, and Emil Fischer further established that fermentation,

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