The transport of water across artificial membrane reconstructed with lipids such as cephal-in-and cholesterol-membrane was measured at different concentrations of salts and acids. The results obtained were as follows:
The transport of water across cephalin-or cholesterol-membrane increases with the increase in the valency of anion in the salt and acid solutions, and decreases inversely with the increase in the valency of cation in these solutions.
When the cephalin-membrane was used, the transport increases at first with increasing con-centrations of Na-chloride, Na-glutamate, K-chloride, K-sulfate, K-citrate, hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid in solution, respectively, until a maximum is reached at definite concentrations, thenceforward, upon further increase of concentration, transport decreases. However, in Mg-chloride or Ca-chloride solution the transport decreases at first with increasing concentrations until a minimum is reached, and upon further increase of concentration, transport increases. In glycine and glutamic acid solutions the transport decreases with increasing concentrations. As for acetic acid solution, as well as sucrose solution, the transport increases with increasing concentrations.
In the case of cholesterol-membrane, the transport decreases with increasing concentrations of Na-chloride, K-chloride, K-sulfate, K-citrate and Mg-chloride solutions, respectively, until a minimum is reached, then, it increases with increasing concentrations.
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