The effects on Valonia of guaiacol and hexylresorcinol are similar but the latter is more effective.

Both substances lower or abolish the potassium effect; i.e., the ability of the cell to distinguish electrically between Na+ and K+.

Both substances change the order of mobilities so that vCl > uNa becomes uNa > vCl or uNa = vCl.

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Copyright, 1941, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
1941
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