TABLE OF RESPIRATORY RATES OF INVERTEBRATE TISSUES 



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^Estimated or colculoted from available dolo. 



Initio! concentrotion. 

 ^Final concentration. 

 Decrease in log of molor concentration of oxidized 

 cytochrome c per minute for 1:150 tissue dilution. 

 ^Decreoso in log of molar concentrotion of reduced 

 cytochrome c per minute for 1:100 tissue dilution. 



'A log [cytochrome c]/mg. wet wt./min. 



fi-A log [ferricytochrome c]/mg. protein/min. 

 Moles substrate converted/ ki lo protein/hour (For 

 axoplasm, protein = tote:) protein; for sheath, 

 protein of non-collagenous component). 



'A log [ferricytochrome c]/mg. protein/min- 



JA log [CyFo*+]/min. 



Activity/mg. N when standard activity = 

 A log (CyFe*"*") finol tissue dilution 

 Al " Wo ■ 



' Activity/mg. protein when activity = 

 Alog [cytochrome c] 



At (min.) 



"^mM moles cytochrome c reduced (mg. N)~' min. ' 

 '^mM moles DPNH oxidized (mg. N)"' minf^^ 

 °mti moles cytochrome c oxidized (mg. N) min, 

 ^Moles cytochrome c reduced/mg. tissue/5 min. a 

 lO^C. (extinction coefficient of reduced cyto- 

 chrome c taken as 2.8x 10 ' cm.^/mol.)- 



''O, D. of cleor supernotont when meosored ot 520 m^. 



'A 0. D..' mg. protein/ min. 



^Moles DPN reduced/g. wet wf./hr. 



'Additional respiratory dato on invertebrate tissues 



present in origlnol paper and not included in 



Section 2. 



