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Frmented Tea
The Chinese used fermented tea to treat a variety of illnesses around 220B.C -
Living things
Schwann, the German scientist,concluded that fermentation is a result of living things. -
fermentation is caused by Yeast
The French chemist Louis Pasteur determined that fermentation is caused by yeast. -
Enzymes in Yeast
A german scientist named Eduard Buchner recieved the Noble prize for showing that enzymes in yeast cells, not the yeast cells themselves, cause fermentation. -
How enzymes cause fermentation
Two scientists,Arthur Harden and Hans Euler-Chelpin, determined exactly how enzymes cause fermentation. -
Uses of Fermentation
The use of Fermentation to make brad rise and to produce alcholic beverages is as old as the development of agriculture itself, which most scholars date back to about 8000B.C