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Sugar penetration into human blood platelets
Author(s) -
McDonagh R. P.,
Burns M. J.,
Delaimi K. E.,
Faust R. G.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of cellular physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 174
eISSN - 1097-4652
pISSN - 0021-9541
DOI - 10.1002/jcp.1040720113
Subject(s) - penetration (warfare) , platelet , human blood , sugar , chemistry , diffusion , biophysics , biochemistry , biology , immunology , thermodynamics , physiology , physics , operations research , engineering
The relative rates of penetration of pentoses and hexoses into human blood platelets were studied with a photoelectric densimeter. It was concluded that pentoses enter human platelets by free diffusion whereas hexoses penetrate into these cells by an altered diffusion process.