OBJECTIVE This study was performed to determine effects of different curing salts on the quality of salamis and to assess feasibility of using NaCl-alternative salts. METHODS Various types of curing salts (KCl or MgCl2) as well as NaCl (sun-dried or refined) were incorporated for processing of salamis. The proximate composition, fatty acids, nucleotide-related compounds, and free amino acids ...

Dahl showed that feeding KCl prevents the rise in blood pressure caused by a high NaCl diet in salt-sensitive Dahl "S" rats. Such S rats when normotensive on a low NaCl diet have a 2 to 3 times greater pressor response than Dahl "R" rats to intracerebroventricular hypertonic saline (600 mOsm/liter) or angiotensin II (AII) (500 ng). Does dietary KCl prevent NaCl hypertension in S rats partly by ...

The influence of KCl concentration on the contraction kinetics of skinned frog muscle fibers at 5-7 degrees C was studied at various calcium levels. The magnitude of the calcium-activated force decreased continuously as the KCl concentration of the bathing solution was increased from 0 to 280 mM. The shortening velocity at a given relative load was unaffected by the level of calcium activation ...

In cultured neurons dissociated from the spinal cord of fetal mouse, high concentrations of KCl (47 mM) increased choline acetyltransferase (CAT) activity up to 5.5-fold but suppressed acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity to less than half the level of control cells. Veratridine (3 microM) also increased CAT activity 1.6-fold and suppressed AChE activity to the same level as that induced by hig...

In slices of carrot-phloem parenchyma washed for 7 days in water at 20 C, 50 mm KCl stimulates respiration by up to 100% of the ground respiration within 4 minutes of application. The data presented imply that ADP liberated in the cytoplasm as a consequence of KCl accumulation first stimulates a regulator reaction requiring ADP (phosphoglycerate kinase). Thereafter, the point of control alterna...

In this work, the mean activity coefficients of KCl in the KCl+lactose +water system were determined using the potentiometric method. The electromotive force measurements were carried out on the galvanic cell without liquid junction of the type: Ag|AgCl|KCl (m), lactose (wt.%), H2O (1−wt.) %|K-ISE, in various mixed solvent systems containing 0, 5,7.5, 10 and 12.5 % mass fractions of lactose. Th...

O objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar o desempenho fisiológico de sementes e plântulas paricá, (Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum (Huber x Ducke) Barneby), paineira (Ceiba speciosa (A.St. Hil ex Brako) Ravenna) pau balsa (Ochroma pyramidale (Cav. Lam.) Urb.), submetidas a diferentes níveis salinidade por cloreto potássio (KCl). delineamento experimental adotado inteiramente casualizado. A a...

As potassium, chloride and water traverse cell membranes, the cells of stenohaline marine invertebrates should swell if exposed to sea water mixed with an isosmotic KCl solution as they do when exposed to sea water diluted with water. To test this hypothesis respiratory tree fragments of the holothurian Isostichopus badionotus were exposed to five isosmotic media prepared by mixing artificial s...

This study was done to determine if fortification of a commercial aquafeed with KCl could improve the survival of juvenile Australian snapper Pagrus auratus reared in K+ deficient saline groundwater (KDSGW; <5 mg K+ L−1). Experiment 1 (Exp. 1) tested whether feeding an aquafeed fortified with zero, 25, or 50 g KCl kg−1 for 6 days affected feed intake and survival of fish transferred immediately...