Flicker phenomenon in human erythrocytes

Quantitative studies on the flicker phenomenon in the erythrocytes.

in the erythrocytes is difficult to describe or to define. It is well known that the normal erythrocyte has the shape of a biconcave disk with a pale center and, when living, exhibits two different activities: first, vibratory variations of density inside the cytoplasm, best visible at the junction of the outer dark and the pale central regions; second, slow undulating movements of the membrane...

Heinz Body Phenomenon in Erythrocytes

MONG the early investigators of hemolytic substances were Casper and Hoppe’ who in 1859 observed the brown coloration of blood due to nitrobenzene. Since then there has been a continued interest in the action of such toxic materials on the formed elements of the blood. The accelerated development of synthetic organic chemistry during the latter half of the i9th Century created numerous industri...

Heinz Body Phenomenon in Erythrocytes

MONG the early investigators of hemolytic substances were Casper and Hoppe’ who in 1859 observed the brown coloration of blood due to nitrobenzene. Since then there has been a continued interest in the action of such toxic materials on the formed elements of the blood. The accelerated development of synthetic organic chemistry during the latter half of the i9th Century created numerous industri...

Adenosine Metabolism in Human Erythrocytes

Nonsolvent Water in Human Erythrocytes

From the ability of a concentrated suspension of human erythrocytes to regulate the pH of unbuffered, anisotonic, external media it is possible to calculate the fractional cell volume in which chloride is dissolved. The difference between this volume and the total cell water gives the nonsolvent water (for chloride) of the cell. Nonsolvent water is less than 3% of the isotonic cell volume. The ...