Table 3.

Phloretin effect on urea and diffusional water permeability in human RBCs

PuSDnInhibitionPdSDnInhibition
 cm/s × 104  cm/s × 103  
Donor JBR control 2.69 ± 0.05 − 2.35 ± 0.01 − 
Donor JBR phloretin 0.015 ± 0.0002 99.4 2.42 ± 0.29 n.s. 
D36 control 5.62 ± 0.26 − 2.18 ± 0.27 − 
D36 phloretin 0.014 ± 0.0001 99.8 2.37 ± 0.16 n.s. 
PuSDnInhibitionPdSDnInhibition
 cm/s × 104  cm/s × 103  
Donor JBR control 2.69 ± 0.05 − 2.35 ± 0.01 − 
Donor JBR phloretin 0.015 ± 0.0002 99.4 2.42 ± 0.29 n.s. 
D36 control 5.62 ± 0.26 − 2.18 ± 0.27 − 
D36 phloretin 0.014 ± 0.0001 99.8 2.37 ± 0.16 n.s. 

Pu and Pd values were determined at 25°C, pH 7.2. The cells in the efflux experiments with phloretin were exposed to 0.5–0.8 mM phloretin both during the cell preparation and the efflux. The urea concentration was 1 mM. Not significant is marked n.s.

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