Intracellular concentrations of sodium, potassium and chloride in the salt‐gland of the domestic goose and their relation to the secretory mechanism
- 1 March 1971
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 213 (2), 399-410
- https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1971.sp009389
Abstract
1. The composition of the nasal salt-glands of geese was found to be Na 57 ± 3·5 (S.E.), K 52·3 ± 3·9 and Cl 78·3 ± 11·0 m-equiv/kg fresh tissue. During secretion, the Na content was significantly raised to 72·4 ± 3·4 m-equiv/kg.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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