TABLE OF RESPIRATORY RATES OF INVERTEBRATE TISSUES 



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Estimated or calculated from ovailable data. 

 Initial concentfation. 

 *^Finol concentration. 

 Decfeose in log of molor concentrotion of oxidized 



cytochrome c per minute for 1:150 tissue dilution. 

 Decrease in log of molar concentration of reduced 



cytochrome c per minute for 1:100 tissue dilution. 



*Alog [cytochrome c]/mg.wet wt 

 8-A log [ferricytochrome c]/mg. p 



<vt./min. 

 _ I , - - _^ -,. protein/min. 



"Moles substrate converted/kilo protein/hour (Fo 

 axoplasm, protein - total protein; for shooth, 

 protein of non-collagenous component). 

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

 JA log'lCyF.'*l/min. 



Activily/mg. N when stondard activity ~ 

 A log (CyFe*"'") final tissue dilution 



'Activi 

 Alog 



""^^ ' TOO 



fy/mg. protein when activity : 

 [cytochrome cj 



At (min.) 



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



"mM moles DPNH oxidi zed (mg. N)"' min."^ 



°my moles cytochrome c oxidi zed (mg. N) min. 



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

 10°C. (extinction coefficient of reduced cyto- 

 chrome c taken os 2.8 x 10"' cm.Vmol.). 



''O. D. of clear supernotant when measured at 520 mtL. 



'AO. D./mg. protein/min. 



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



*Additionol respiratory dato on invertebrate tissues 



present in original paper and not included in 



Section 2. 



