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Effects of Anæsthetics on Plants

Nature volume 112, page 654 (1923)Cite this article

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ANÆSTHETICS are known to cause alterations in the permeability of cells to the ions of various salts. It can be shown directly, by using the corolla of Ipomæa Learii, that the permeability of plant cells to carbon dioxide is also altered by anæsthetics.

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SMITH, E. Effects of Anæsthetics on Plants. Nature 112, 654 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112654b0

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