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. 1967 May;50(5):1311-25.
doi: 10.1085/jgp.50.5.1311.

Nonsolvent water in human erythrocytes

J S Cook

Nonsolvent water in human erythrocytes

J S Cook. J Gen Physiol. 1967 May.

Abstract

From the ability of a concentrated suspension of human erythrocytes to regulate the pH of unbuffered, anisotonic, external media it is possible to calculate the fractional cell volume in which chloride is dissolved. The difference between this volume and the total cell water gives the nonsolvent water (for chloride) of the cell. Nonsolvent water is less than 3% of the isotonic cell volume. The quantity of nonsolvent water per cell may increase as the cells shrink in hypertonic solutions.

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