Working group: Fats, Surfactants, Cosmetics
Pedagogical activity:
- Course for MSc degree:
- Surfactants and detergents
- Chemistry and technology of cosmetics
- Supervising MSc diploma projects (21 students, 21 successfully finished)
- Supervising PhD projects (7 students, up to now 6 successfully finished)
Scientific activity:
- Surfactants, synthesis, properties, applications
- Detergents, development of formulas, technology of production, properties
- Cosmetics, development of formulas, technology of production, properties
- Polyphenols, synthesis, properties
Education:
- 1965-1970 ICT Prague, Organic chemistry, 1970 MSc
- 1976 Charles University, Organic chemistry, PhD
- 2001 ICT Prague, Food Technology, Associate Professor
- 2005 ICT Prague, Food technology, Professor
Employment experiences:
- 1970-1976 Research Institute for Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Prague, PhD study
- 1976-1978 Research Institute for Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Prague, research worker
- 1978-1996 Research Institute of Fat Industry, Rakovník research worker
- 1996- ICT Prague, Department of Dairy, Fat and Cosmetics 2001 Associate Professor, 2005 Professor
Other activities:
- Czech Chemical society (from 1970)
- Czech Society of Cosmetology (from 2002)
Selected scientific papers since 2015:
ORCID ID 0000-0002-1647-2438
- Sasínová, K.; Berčíková, M.; Vrchotová, B.; Hrádková, I.; Šmidrkal, J.; Kalenchak, K. Antimicrobial and Biofilm Inhibition Activity of Novel Biobased Quaternary Ammonium Salts. ACS Omega 2025, 10 (34), 39236-39249. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c06267.
- Alishevich, Katsiaryna, Markéta Berčíková, Jan Kyselka, Kateřina Sasínová, Tereza Honzíková, Petra Šimicová, Jan Šmidrkal, Jan Rohlíček, and Vladimír Filip. "Binary Phase Behavior of 2-Oleoyl-1-Palmitoyl-3-Stearoyl-Rac-Glycerol (Pos) and 2-Linoleoyl-1-Palmitoyl-3-Stearoyl-Rac-Glycerol (Pls)." Food Biophysics 18, no. 1 (2023): 161-73. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11483-022-09761-8.
- Feldeková, E.; Kosová, M.; Berčíková, M.; Dragoun, M.; Klojdová, I.; Hrádková, I.; Šmidrkal, J. Antimicrobial properties of phenolic acid alkyl esters. Czech Journal of Food Sciences 2022, 40 (6), 438-444. DOI: 10.17221/135/2022-CJFS.
- Berčíková, M.; Lád, J.; Hrádková, I.; Kumherová, M.; Šmidrkal, J. Reaction of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester with Monoethanolamine and Diethanolamine. Tenside Surfactants Detergents 2021, 58 (4), 287-292. DOI: 10.1515/tsd-2020-2328.
- Hradkova, I.; Kumherova, M.; Smidrkal, J. Preservatives in Cosmetics. Chemicke Listy 2021, 115 (10), 554-556.
- Kumherová, Monika, Kristina Veselá, Michaela Kosová, Jaromír Mašata, Šárka Horáčková, and Jan Šmidrkal. 2021. “Novel Potential Probiotic Lactobacilli for Prevention and Treatment of Vulvovaginal Infections.” Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins 13(1):163–72. doi: 10.1007/s12602-020-09675-2.
- Paldrychová, Martina, Irena Kolouchová, Eva Vaňková, Olga Maťátková, Jan Šmidrkal, Aleš Krmela, Věra Schulzová, Jana Hajšlová, and Jan Masák. 2019. “Effect of Resveratrol and Regrapex-R-Forte on Trichosporon Cutaneum Biofilm.” Folia Microbiologica 64(1):73–81. doi: 10.1007/s12223-018-0633-0.
- Kolouchova, I., O. Mat’atkova, M. Paldrychova, Z. Kodes, E. Kvasnikova, K. Sigler, A. Cejkova, J. Smidrkal, K. Demnerova, and J. Masak. 2018. “Resveratrol, Pterostilbene, and Baicalein: Plant-Derived Anti-Biofilm Agents.” FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA 63(3):261–72. doi: 10.1007/s12223-017-0549-0
- Kyselka, Jan, Kateřina Matějková, Jan Šmidrkal, Markéta Berčíková, Erik Pešek, Beverly Bělková, Vojtěch Ilko, Marek Doležal, and Vladimír Filip. 2018. “Elimination of 3-MCPD Fatty Acid Esters and Glycidyl Esters during Palm Oil Hydrogenation and Wet Fractionation.” European Food Research and Technology 244(11):1887–95. doi: 10.1007/s00217-018-3101-9.
- Pažoureková, Silvia, Marianna Lucová, Radomír Nosál, Katarína Drábiková, Juraj Harmatha, Ján Šmidrkal, and Viera Jančinová. 2016. “Equol Effectively Inhibits Toxic Activity of Human Neutrophils without Influencing Their Viability.” Pharmacology 97(3–4):138–45. doi: 10.1159/000443177.
- Šmidrkal, Jan, Markéta Tesařová, Iveta Hrádková, Markéta Berčíková, Aneta Adamčíková, and Vladimír Filip. 2016. “Mechanism of Formation of 3-Chloropropan-1,2-Diol (3-MCPD) Esters under Conditions of the Vegetable Oil Refining.” Food Chemistry 211:124–29. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.05.039.
- Šmidrkal, Tesarova, M., Hradkova, I., Bercikova, M., Adamcikova, A., & Filip, V.: "Mechanism of formation of 3-chloropropan-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) esters under conditions of the vegetable oil refining." Food Chemistry 211: 124-129 (2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.05.039
- Kosová, M., I. Hrádková, V. Mátlová, D. Kadlec, J. Šmidrkal, and V. Filip. 2015. “Antimicrobial Effect of 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Ester with Glycerol.” Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 40(4):436–40. doi: 10.1111/jcpt.12285.
- Nosál, R., K. Drábiková, V. Jančinová, T. Mačičková, J. Pečivová, T. Perečko, J. Harmatha, and J. Šmidrkal. 2015. “On the Pharmacology of Oxidative Burst of Human Neutrophils.” Physiological Research 64:S445–52. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.933204.