THE ACIDITY OF THE JUICE OF DESMARESTIA
THE ACIDITY OF THE JUICE OF DESMARESTIA
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Desmarestia 果汁的酸度
DOI:
10.1002/j.1537-2197.1937.tb09067.x
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发表时间:
1937
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通讯作者:
G. Rigg
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作者:
H. Wirth;G. Rigg
How may the data on the acidity of the juice of these plants be correlated with the metabolism of the plants and their relation to the environment? The work of Crozier (1919) indicates that the accumulation of hydrogen ions in Desmarestia is not an isolated case. among marine algae. He found that the cell sap of Valonia (pH 5.0-6.7) was much more acid than the sea water (8.07-8.2) in which the plants were living, and that the pH gradually increased as the cells approached death, reaching 7.0 or 8.0. It is well known that some aquatic plants accumulat^ certain ions (eg, K, Br, and I) in much greater concentration than they exist in the bathing medium, and the evidence is believed to" emphasize the importance of metabolic processes as indispensable to the accumulation of mineral elements by plant cells," and to indicate" that at present preference should be given to some-type of ionic theory of penetration"(Hoagland, 1930). Models showing such accumulation in non-living systems have been set up (Osterhout and Stanley, 1932). Can the accumulation of hydrogen ions in Desmarestia be rationalized on this basis? It would seem that this is a hopeful line for thought and investigation.High acidity is known to occur in many land plants. An extreme case is found in Begonia lucerna. Smith and Quirk (1926) found the pH of the leaves of this plant to be 0.9 to 1.36. Our results indicate a pH of somewhat the same order for Desmarestia. It was found that the acidity of Begonia decreased from leaves to roots; this may suggest a relation between high acidity and the activity of the processes of metabolism. High acidity in succulent land plants is connected with respiration; the acidity of their juices rises in darkness and falls in light. The acids involved in this process in land plants, however, are organic, and it seems difficult to rationalize the pro-