The survival of Salmonella typhimurium (ATCC 13311) heated and recovered in media with 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5% (w/w) added sodium chloride was investigated. A protective effect in the heating medium and an inhibitory effect in the recovery medium were observed. The results showed an interaction between the effect on, D(58 degrees C) values, of sodium chloride concentration in both media. Lower conc...

“S INTRODUCTION The concentration of sodium metabisulfite (Na2S2O5) in an ECP-2 bleach accelerator sample is determined by a manual or potentiometric titration using an iodine (I3) titrant. In the method an excess of iodine is added to the sample. Sodium metabisulfite and Kodak persulfate bleach accelerator, PBA-1, present in the sample react with a portion of the iodine. The iodine that did no...

BACKGROUND Symptomatic hypotension is the most frequent complication in patients receiving haemodialysis (HD). Previous studies have reported that the use of modulating dialysate sodium concentration or ultrafiltration (UF) rates, or the combination use of sodium profile and UF profile may better preserve blood volume and reduce the incidence of hypotensive episodes. The aim of this study was t...

Intracellular sodium, potassium, and free calcium concentrations were investigated in lymphocytes of 30 patients with essential hypertension and 30 normotensive controls. All subjects were placed on a diet containing 8 to 10 g of sodium chloride per day. Lymphocyte sodium concentration was higher in hypertensive patients than in normotensive controls (19.8 +/- 1.8 vs 18.4 +/- 1.8 mmol/kg wet we...

Using the ability of the nerve fibers to conduct impulses as indicator of changes in the concentration of sodium ions in the interstitial spaces of nerve an evaluation has been made of the diffusion constant of sodium ions. The calculated minimal value (0.62 x 10(-4) cm.(2)/min.) undoubtedly is much too low; nevertheless, it is still so high that as a rule the diffusion of sodium ions is far mo...

Sodium transport of erythrocytes from normotensive and essential hypertensive subjects was evaluated by determining ouabain-sensitive and ouabain-insensitive sodium efflux rates, Na+-Li+ countertransport rates, Li+-K+ cotransport rate constants (lithium replacing sodium), intracellular sodium concentrations, and the number of Na+,K+-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) sites per erythrocyte. Subje...

INTRODUCTION D ialysis therapy for patients with severe hyponatremia is challenging because rapid correction of the serum sodium concentration may lead to osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS). Gradual correction of hyponatremia is recommended to prevent hazardous sequelae. Continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH) with low-sodium replacement solution can be used to prevent rapid correction of...

Experiments were performed on the lobster giant axon to determine the relation between intracellular spike amplitude and external calcium ion concentration. Action potential decline in low external calcium is greatly accelerated by simultaneous removal of external sodium ion. Correlation of the time course of spike decline in low calcium-low sodium solution with the time courses of spike declin...

Dear Sir: The statement by Brinley (1968) that for striated muscle fibers from the giant barnacle " . . . one can calculate an activity coefficient for sarcoplasmic sodium of ca. 0.5-0.6 which is not greatly different from what one might expect from a mixed salt solution having the composition of the sarcoplasm (0.65-0.75)" requires some comment. This calculation was made by dividing the averag...