Table 7

Respiratory rates assayed on skinned muscle fibers. a



Diet (Hg dose in food expressed in ng/g)



Oxygen consumption (ng atom O/min/mg fw)
Control diet
5.4
62
520





State 4 of respiration
1.6 ± 0.5
1.4 ± 0.2
1.3 ± 0.2
1.8 ± 0.4
State 3 of respiration
2.9 ± 0.7
*1.6 ± 0.3
*1.8 ± 0.4
2.1 ± 0.5
RCR
2.0 ± 0.2
*1.1 ± 0.2
*1.3 ± 0.2
*1.17 ± 0.05
COX activity
4.2 ± 0.8
*1.9 ± 0.3
3.2 ± 0.5
3.3 ± 0.3

a Results are expressed as the mean ± SE, n = 4. Significant differences are indicated by an asterisk (p < 0.05).

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