| Literature DB >> 8033973 |
D Branca1, S M Chiarelli, E Vincenti, C Tortorella, G Scutari.
Abstract
Wistar albino rats were intravenously injected with 1 ml of an oxyphoretic emulsion of perfluorobutyl-furane and killed 3, 7 or 30 days later. Mitochondria isolated from the liver and kidneys of treated rats showed a small decrease in the transmembrane electrical potential and a substantial depression of the rates of both ATP synthesis and ADP-stimulated respiration. These alterations in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation appear to be induced by perfluorocarbon and/or tensioactive molecules interacting with hydrophobic cell structures.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8033973 DOI: 10.1007/bf01952868
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754