Ultrasound-enhanced diffusion through isolated frog skin.
Ultrasonics
; 26(6): 348-51, 1988 Nov.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3263724
ABSTRACT
The effect of ultrasound on the transport of oxygen across excised frog abdominal skin has been studied. Samples were mounted in an exposure chamber in which the Ringer's solution on one side was saturated with oxygen while the other side of the skin had a low initial oxygen concentration. They were treated with ultrasound at 1, 1.5 and 2 W cm-2 SATA c.w., respectively, and increases in the rate of oxygen transport were observed at all intensities. These increases ranged from 38 +/- 4% at 1 W cm-2 to 55 +/- 8% at 2 W cm-2. Variation in the pulse lengths from 25 to 200 ms and a constant average intensity did not affect the rate of transport significantly provided that the temporal intensity was constant. Since the peak acoustic pressure within the pulse increased with decreasing pulse length and increasing acoustic pressure increases the probability of cavitation occurring, the mechanism responsible for this phenomenon is probably not cavitation.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Oxigênio
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Pele
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Ultrassom
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1988
Tipo de documento:
Article