Ammonia excretion by mammalian lung.

Science (New York, N.Y.) ·Vol. 129 ·No. 3344 ·1959-01-30 ·Pages 270-1

ROBIN ED, TRAVIS DM, BROMBERG PA, FORKNER CE, TYLER JM

Abstract

The intravenous administration of ammonium acetate to dogs results in measurable levels of free ammonia in expired air. Simultaneous measurement of the physiologic dead space permits the calculation of the partial pressure of ammonia in alveolar air. This finding has implications for ammonium metabolism and transport.

Keywords

AMMONIA/metabolism LUNGS/metabolism

MeSH Terms

Acetates Ammonia/metabolism Animals Biological Transport Body Fluids Dogs Lung/metabolism Mammals

Chemicals

Acetates Ammonia ammonium acetate

Authors & Affiliations

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ROBIN E D

TRAVIS D M

BROMBERG P A

FORKNER C E

TYLER J M

Article Info

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Abbr.

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

DOI

10.1126/science.129.3344.270

Published

1959-01-30

Pages

270-1

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404511

Subset

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