Magnitude of the Root effect in red blood cells and haemoglobin solutions of fishes: a tribute to August Krogh

• Published in: Acta Physiologica
• Main Authors: Berenbrink, M., Koldkjær, P., Hannah Wright, E., Kepp, O., José da Silva, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Krogh; Siberian sturgeon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02243.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-1716.2010.02243.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02243.x

Abstract Aim: The ability of high carbon dioxide tensions or low pH to reduce blood oxygen binding even at high oxygen tensions, first observed by August Krogh and Isabella Leitch in 1919 and now known as the Root effect, was studied in red blood cells and haemoglobin solutions of several fish speci...