Albert Jodlbauer (April 27, 1871 in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

– May 13, 1945 in Thierberg) was a German

pharmacologist Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between ...

and

toxicologist Toxicology is a scientific discipline (academia), discipline, overlapping with biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and medicine, that involves the study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms and the practice of diagnos ...

. From 1891 to 1896 he studied medicine at the

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

, where in 1896 he received his doctorate as a pupil of

Otto Bollinger Otto Bollinger (2 April 1843 – 13 August 1909) was a German pathologist born in Altenkirchen, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1868, he obtained his doctorate in Berlin and two years later received his habilitation. He taught classes at the ...

. Following graduation he worked as an assistant in the institute of pharmacology at Munich under the directorship of Hermann von Tappeiner. In 1908 he became an associate professor, and in 1914 was named departmental head of the pharmacological institute. From 1923 onward, he was a full professor of

pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...

and pharmacology at the

veterinary Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both ...

faculty of the University of Munich.Albert Jodlbauer ‒ Kurzbiographie
(biography in German) During the early years of the 20th century, with Tappeiner and Oscar Raab, he studied the

physiological Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...

and pharmacological effects of light, and with Tappeiner, published a number of works on the concept of " photodynamic action". In this context, he discovered that the photosensitizing effect of fluorescent substances was dependent upon the presence of

oxygen Oxygen is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group (periodic table), group in the periodic table, a highly reactivity (chemistry), reactive nonmetal (chemistry), non ...

.Jodlbauer, Albert
at Neue Deutsche Biographie His other areas of research included

hemolysis Hemolysis or haemolysis (), also known by #Nomenclature, several other names, is the rupturing (lysis) of red blood cells (erythrocytes) and the release of their contents (cytoplasm) into surrounding fluid (e.g. blood plasma). Hemolysis may ...

, especially by

hypertonic solution In chemical biology, tonicity is a measure of the effective osmotic pressure gradient; the water potential of two solutions separated by a partially-permeable cell membrane. Tonicity depends on the relative concentration of selective membrane ...

s of neutral salts, the effect of

oxalate Oxalate (systematic IUPAC name: ethanedioate) is an anion with the chemical formula . This dianion is colorless. It occurs naturally, including in some foods. It forms a variety of salts, for example sodium oxalate (), and several esters such as ...

and

fluoride poisoning Fluoride (). According to this source, is a possible pronunciation in British English. is an inorganic, monatomic anion of fluorine, with the chemical formula (also written ), whose salts are typically white or colorless. Fluoride salts typi ...

in the

blood calcium Calcium ions (Ca2+) contribute to the physiology and biochemistry of organisms' cell (biology), cells. They play an important role in signal transduction pathways, where they act as a second messenger, in neurotransmitter release from neurons, i ...

and the pharmacological action of

bitters A bitters (plural also ''bitters'') is traditionally an Alcoholic drink, alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter for a Bitterness (taste), bitter or bittersweet Flavoring, flavor. Originally, numerous longstanding brands of bitters ...

Selected works

* ''Über Resorption und Sekretion im Dünndarm bei Gegenwart gelöster Eiweißkörper sowie über die Wirkung von Bittermitteln auf den Dünndarm'',

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

thesis at the University of Munich (1901) – On absorption and secretion in the

small intestine The small intestine or small bowel is an organ (anatomy), organ in the human gastrointestinal tract, gastrointestinal tract where most of the #Absorption, absorption of nutrients from food takes place. It lies between the stomach and large intes ...

in the presence of dissolved protein bodies and on the effect of bitters to the small intestine. * ''Über die Wirkung der photodynamischen (fluorescierenden) Stoffe auf Protozoen und Enzyme'' (with H. Tappeiner), Deutsches Archiv für Klinische Medizin 80 (1904), 427-487 – On the effect of photodynamic (fluorescent) substances on

protozoa Protozoa (: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic debris. Historically ...

and

enzymes An enzyme () is a protein that acts as a biological catalyst by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecules known as pro ...

. * ''Über die Beteiligung des Sauerstoffes bei der photodynamischen Wirkung fluoreszierender Stoffe'' (with H. Tappeiner), Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift 52 (1904), 1139-1141 – On the role of oxygen in the photodynamic effect of fluorescent substances. * ''Die sensibilisierende Wirkung fluorescierender Substanzen : Gesammelte Untersuchungen über die photodynamische Erscheinung'' (with H. Tappeiner), Leipzig (1907) – Sensitized fluorescent substances; collected research on the photodynamic phenomenon.Die sensibilisierende Wirkung fluorescierender Substanzen
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jodlbauer, Albert 1871 births 1945 deaths Scientists from Munich Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich German pharmacologists German toxicologists