Otto Tunmann

Otto Tunmann (13 August 1867, Posen 11 September 1919, Innsbruck) was a German pharmacologist and phytochemist.

He studied pharmacy at the Universities of Leipzig and Erlangen, obtaining his doctorate in 1900 from the University of Bern. Afterwards, he worked as a pharmacist in Schöneck, Vogtland. From 1905 he was an assistant to Alexander Tschirch at Bern,[1] where he conducted studies in the fields of phytomicrochemistry, microchemical toxicology and forensic chemistry.[2] In May 1919, Tunmann was appointed professor of pharmacognosy at the University of Vienna. He died in Innsbruck, Austria a few months later.[3]

In 1915 Tunmann isolated from the leaves of hyssop, a substance he referred to as "hyssopin".[4][5]

Selected publications

References

  1. Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie 10: Thies - Zykan by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company, Walter De Gruyter Incorporated
  2. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  3. Google Books Berichte der Deutschen Pharmaceutischen Gesellschaft, Volume 30
  4. Metabolomics Reference:Tunmann O:,Pharm. Zentralhalle,1915,56,135
  5. Digest of Comments on The Pharmacopoeia of the United States ..., Issues 129-134 by National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
  6. Google Search (publications)
  7. IPNI.  Tunmann.
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