Table 1

Values of muscle perfusion parameters and Mb oxygenation parameters in various tissue respiration states

Respiration state:
Suppressed (0.4 mM KCN)
Control
Enhanced (5 μM DNPa)
Enhanced (10 μM DNP)

Influent PO2
700
700
700
700
Effluent PO2
652 ± 14
579 ± 6
512 ± 15
418 ± 18
     Vmaxb
0.09
0.27
0.42
0.68
     PV50c
83
160
170
180

a, 2,4-dinitorophenol; b, Maximal value of steady-state O2 uptake rate (V) at infinite influent PO2 (in μmol/min/g muscle); c, effluent PO2 at V = half Vmax (in mmHg). Values of Vmax and PV50 were obtained from solid lines shown in Figure 2.

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