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CALCIUM IN PERFUSION ŒDEMA
Author(s) -
Gunn J. W. C.
Publication year - 1932
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0370-2901
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1932.sp000564
Subject(s) - calcium , perfusion , chemistry , salt (chemistry) , biophysics , medicine , biology , organic chemistry
Perfusion of the vessels of the South African clawed frog with solutions containing various amounts of calcium chloride showed that increase of calcium diminished the perfusion œdema. The effect is possibly not due to the specific action of calcium ions, but to the increased salt concentration of the perfusing fluid.