TABLE OF RESPIRATORY RATES OF INVERTEBRATE TISSUES 



^Estimated or calculated from available dato. 

 ''Initial concentration. 

 *^Finol concentration. 

 Decrease in log of molor concentration of oxidized 



cytqchrome c per minute for 1:150 tissue dilution- 

 *Decreose in log of molor concentrotion of reduced 



cytochrome c per minute for 1:100 tissue dilution. 



cytoctirome cj'mg.wet wt./min. 

 -A tog [ferricytochrome c]/mg. prolein/min. 

 *^Moles substrate converted/kilo protein/hour (For 

 axoplasm, protein - totol protein; for sheath, 

 protein of non-collagenous component). 

 'A log [ferricytochrome cl/mg. protein/min. 

 jA log [CyFe**]/min. 



Activity/mg. N when stondord activity - 

 A log (CyFe**) final tissue dilution 



Zu " TUO • 



' Activity/mg. protein when activity = 

 Alog [cytochrome c] 



At (min.) 



■"mW moles cytochrome c reduced (mg. N) ' min. ' 

 "mn moles DPNH oxidized (mg. N)"' min.""^ 

 ^mM moles cytochrome c ox idiied {mg. N)~' min. ' 

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

 10°C. (extinction coefficient of reduced cyto- 

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



'^0. D. of clear supernotant when measured at 520 m^ 



"^A 0. D./mg. protein min. 



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



'Additionol respiratory data on invertebrate tissues 



present in original paper and not included in 



Section 2. 



