EFFECT OF HIGH FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES ON OXIDASE ACTIVITY
- 1 April 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 9 (2) , 385-386
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.9.2.385
Abstract
Fruit extracts (apricots, peaches, avocados) containing oxidase were exposed in glass bulbs to supersonic waves of 450,000 cycles in air and in a continuous stream of H and N. The oxidase activity, measured by oxygen absorption of catechol, decreased logarithmically over a period of 6-12 hrs., whether conditions were aerobic or anaerobic. The temp. never rose above 38[degree] and neither temp. rise nor production of H2O2 can explain the destructive effects of the supersonics.Keywords
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- FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE EFFECT OF HIGH FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES ON LIVING MATTERThe Biological Bulletin, 1928