HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATIONS IN THE BLOOD OF INSECTS
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- 20 May 1925
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 7 (5) , 599-602
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.7.5.599
Abstract
The range of pH values for the blood of grasshoppers and of houseflies is 7.2 to 7.6. The range of values for roaches is 7.5 to 8.0. The range for Malacosoma americanum is 6.4 to 7.4; and the range for Bombyx mori is 6.4 to 7.2. From the work of other investigators and from the writer's results, it is apparent that the pH of insect blood, in general, may vary between 6.4 and 8.0. In the forms observed no correlation exists between blood pH and age, nor between pH and metamorphosis.Keywords
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- On the Physiology of the SilkwormBiochemical Journal, 1921