STOMATAL MOVEMENTS IN EXCISED LEAVES: SOME EFFECTS OF SODIUM AZIDE

Effects of Potassium, Sodium, and Azide on the Ionic Movements That Accompany Activity in Frog Nerves

Stimulation of intact or desheathed frog sciatic nerves produced an increase in the sodium content and a decrease in the potassium content of this tissue. In desheathed preparations the magnitudes of the changes in ionic contents decreased as the concentration of the potassium in the bathing solution was increased, while changing the external sodium concentration produced small effects on the i...

Effects of Sodium Azide on Sodium Fluxes in Frog Striated Muscle

Unidirectional Na fluxes from frog's striated muscle were measured in the presence of 0 to 5 mM sodium azide. With azide concentrations of 2 and 5 mM the Na efflux was markedly stimulated; the Na efflux with 5 mM azide was about 300 per cent greater than normal. A similar increase was present when all but the 5.0 mM sodium added with azide was replaced by choline. 10(-5)M strophanthidin abolish...

Reaction of Sodium Azide with 1,1'–Dicyclohexenyl–Diepoxides

Nucleophilic ring opening of dl and meso 1,1¢- dicyclohexenyl diepoxides by sodium azide in dioxane and aqueous alcoholic medium give the corresponding azidoalcohols. The obtention of departure diepoxides from diazidoalcohols by the reaction with sodium hydride shows the anti position of OH and N3 groups.

Comparison of photosynthetic efficiency and stomatal distribution in detached leaves of four rose species

Sodium azide enhancement of interleukin-2 production.

The production of large quantities of Interleukin-2 (IL-2) from normal human lymphocytes has been limited by the short production and release period, as well as its absorption by the responsive cell population. We report the utilization of sodium azide (NaN3, 0.01% final concentration) to allow continued production of IL-2 as long as 72-96 hr and thereby increase the yield significantly. Cell c...