Oscar Loew

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Oskar Loew Memorial Tablet in Marktredwitz
Oskar Loew Memorial Tablet in Marktredwitz

Oscar Loew (April 2, 1844, Marktredwitz, Bavaria - January 26, 1941, Berlin) was a German agricultural chemist.

Loew served as instructor at Tokyo Imperial University between 1893-1907, succeeding Oskar Kellner as professor of agricultural chemistry. He trained many notable Japanese chemists, including Umetaro Suzuki. While in Japan, he researched the effects of lime on acidic soils.

He is a founder of the Pyocyanese, "Kalkfaktor".

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  • Ein natürliches System der Gift-Wirkungen (1893)
  • The Energy of Living Protoplasm (1896)
  • The Physiological Role of Mineral Nutrients (1899)
  • Curing and Fermentation of Cigar Leaf Tobacco (1899)
  • Catalase: A New Enzyme of General Occurrence (1900)
  • Physiological Studies on Connecticut Leaf Tobacco (1900)
  • The Relation of Lime and Magnesia to Plant Growth (1901)
  • Studies on Acid Soils of Porto Rico (1913)
  • Der Kalkbedarf von Mensch und Tier. Zur chemischen Physiologie des Kalks (1924)
  • Das Calcium im Leben der Haustiere, 1939
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