Surface Tension of Lung Extracts
- 1 May 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 95 (1) , 170-172
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-95-23156
Abstract
Saline-ex-tractable surface-active material was found in the lungs of rat, cat, and dog. This material, probably mucoprotein, imparts large hysteresis and characteristic elasticity to the fluid surface. Its effect on lung mechanics was studied. Its possible influence on diffusion across the alveolar barrier remains to be elucidated.Keywords
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