History of biochemistry
The term “biochemistry” itself is derived from the combining form "bio-", meaning "life", and "chemistry". The word is first recorded in English in 1848, while in 1877, Felix Hoppe-Seyler used the term ("Biochemie" in German) in the foreword to the first issue of "Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie" (Journal of Physiological Chemistry) as a synonym for physiological chemistry and argued for the setting up of institutes dedicate to its studies. Nevertheless, several sources cite German chemist Carl Neuberg as having coined the term for the new discipline in 1903, and some credit it to Franz Hofmeister.
Biological Chemistry (journal)
The journal was established by Felix Hoppe-Seyler in 1877, under the name "Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie" (English: "Journal of Physiological Chemistry"), and was edited by him until his death in 1895. The journal was subsequently renamed " Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie" in 1896. Following Hoppe-Seyler, the journal was edited by his student and collaborator, the German biochemist and Nobel laureate Albrecht Kossel, until his death in 1927. In 1985 the journal was renamed as "Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler", before obtaining its current title in 1996.