Open AccessThe mechanism of ciliary movement. II.—The effect ions on the cell membrane
Author(s) -
J. Gray
Publication year - 1922
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9185
pISSN - 0950-1193
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1922.0008
Subject(s) - chemistry , ion , sodium , absorption (acoustics) , membrane , biophysics , nuclear chemistry , biochemistry , biology , physics , optics , organic chemistry
In 1906 R. S. Lillie (7) published an account of the effects of various pure sodium salts upon the ciliated epithelium ofMytilus edulis . He found that the ions could be arranged in the following order of “toxicity,” Cl' <NO3 ' < Br' < I' <SCN'. Lillie also referred to the effect which various anions have upon the amount of water taken up by the cells from their external medium, and arranged the ions in the following order of efficiency in causing an absorption of water by the cells. CH3 COO' < Cl' < NO3 ' < C103 ' < Br' < I' < SCN' < BrO3 ' < OH'.