Open AccessThe formation of lactic acid in the muscles in the frozen state
Author(s) -
Elizabeth C. Smith
Publication year - 1929
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.1929.0037
Subject(s) - degree (music) , lactic acid , irritability , zoology , chemistry , biology , physics , endocrinology , menopause , bacteria , acoustics , genetics
In the previous paper Moran has analysed the effect upon surviving frog's muscles of exposure to temperatures below 0° C., by estimating the changes in the irritability, osmotic quality and other properties of the muscle on thawing. The muscle was passed through a cycle of temperature, with a pause of longer or shorter duration at the lowest temperature, and the assumption is made tacitly that any change is due in a preponderating degree to the pause and not to the change of temperature. The results recorded below justify this assumption.