Zenker is usually made with 50g of Mercuric chloride, 25g of Potassium dichromate, 10g of Sodium sulfate (decahydrate) and distilled water to complete 1000 ml.
The name was introduced as a replacement for Conocephalus Zenker, 1833, which was unavailable since Thunberg used it in 1815 for a genus of conehead bushcricket.
Conocephalus Zenker, 1833, non Thunberg, 1815 (conehead bushcricket), Conocephalites, Couloumania
Friedrich Albert von Zenker (13 March 1825, Dresden – 13 June 1898, near Plau in Mecklenburg) was a German pathologist and physician, celebrated for his discovery of trichinosis.
Jonathan Carl (or Karl) Zenker (1 March 1799 – 6 November 1837) was a German naturalist born in Sundremda, located in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district.
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Orpheus, 2CDs Dorothee Mields, Ulrike Hofbauer, Christian Zenker, L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg