Jeewanu, or the 'particles of life' The approach of Krishna Bahadur in 20th century origin of life research.
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2011-09
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Starting in the 1960s, the Indian chemist Krishna Bahadur, from the University of Allahabad, published on organic
and inorganic particles that he had synthesized and baptized ‘Jeewanu’, or ‘particle of life’. Bahadur conceived of the
Jeewanu as a simple form of the living. These studies are presented in a historical perspective and positioned within
mid-20th century research on the origin of life, notably the so-called ‘coacervate theory’ of the Soviet biochemist
Aleksandr I Oparin. The concepts of life proposed by Bahadur, Oparin and others are discussed from a historical
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Coacervates, history of cell biology, history of origin of life research, Jeewanu, Krishna Bahadur
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Grote Mathias. Jeewanu, or the 'particles of life' The approach of Krishna Bahadur in 20th century origin of life research. Journal of Biosciences. 2011 Sep; 36 (4): 563-570.