Johann Andreas Buchner
Johann Andreas Buchner (6 April 1783 – 5 June 1852) was a
pharmacologist working in the area of alkaloids. He was the father of pharmacologist Ludwig Andreas Buchner
(1813–1897).
He was born in
Munich
, he moved back to his home town, where he lived and worked until his death.
He is credited with isolating salicin from willow bark (1828)[1] and the discovery of berberine (from the root bark of Berberis vulgaris).[2]
Works
- Vollständiger Inbegriff der Pharmacie in ihren Grundlehren und praktischen Theilen : ein Handbuch für Aerzte und Apotheker . Bände: 2 / Bd.1 T.3 / Bd.2 T.4 / Bd.3 T.4 / 7 . Schrag, Nürnberg 1822 - 1828 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
Notes
References
- "Buchner, Johann Andreas", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 3, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1876, p. 487
- Pettenkofer, Max (1852). "Buchner's Tod". Neues Repertorium für die Pharmacie.
- Buchner, L. A. (1887). "Zum 104. Geburtstage von Johann Andreas Buchner". S2CID 98344554.
- Günter Kallinich (1955), "Buchner, Johannes Andreas", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 2, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 706–706