THE POTENTIAL OF WATER IN MAMMALIAN TISSUES
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- 20 July 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 42 (6), 1257-1275
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.42.6.1257
Abstract
Melting point depression was used as an index of the water potential of rat tissues and serum. Organs removed from anesthetized rats were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen and ground with mortar and pestle. Aliquots of the resulting frozen powder were suspended in chilled liquid silicone. While the suspension was vigorously stirred and warmed at a constant rate, the temperature of the melting mixture was measured.Keywords
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