Background
L'VOV, Sergey was born on October 2, 1879.
Plant physiologist and biochemist
L'VOV, Sergey was born on October 2, 1879.
1911 graduate Saint St. Petersburg University.
1911-1915 assistant professor, Saint St. Petersburg Forestry Institute. 1915-1923 assistant professor, 1923-1931 associate professor, 1931-1959 professor and head, Chair of Plant Physiology, Petrograd (Leningrad) Llniv. Did research on the metabolism of higher plants.
Demonstrated the role of proteins (along with hydrocarbons) in the formation of ethereal oils in aromatic plants. Also studied drought-resistance, the physiological role of sucrose and the functional role of vitamin C in plant metabolism did research on the chemical aspects of the respiratory process in plants.
Correspondent member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences from 1946. Communist Party member from 1946.