Mary Bernheim

Mary Bernheim (maiden name Hare; 1902–97) was a British biochemist who obtained her doctorate at Cambridge University. While a graduate student, she discovered the enzyme tyramine oxidase that was later renamed monoamine oxidase (MAO).[1][2]

In 1930 she became a member of the original faculty of Duke Medical School, and in 1962 was promoted to full professor.

She authored over sixty papers.

Notes

  1. ↑ Hare ML (1928). "Tyramine oxidase: A new enzyme system in liver". Biochem. J. 22 (4): 968–79. PMC 1252213. PMID 16744124.
  2. ↑ Slotkin TA (1999). "Mary Bernheim and the discovery of monoamine oxidase". Brain Res. Bull. 50 (5-6): 373. doi:10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00110-0. PMID 10643441.

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