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THE passing of glucose through the membrane of the muscular cell can, predominantly, imply interaction between the sugar molecule and the cellular membrane. There is clear evidence that in experiments conducted in conventional conditions, the disappearance of glucose from the medium (in experiments with rat diaphragm and epididymal adipose tissue) is not absolutely proportional to the weight of the tissues incubated, and the figures corresponding to the mgm. of glucose consumed from the medium, divided by the mgm. of tissue, are generally larger for the tissue preparations of smaller weights. These differences could be attributed, at least in part, to a lack of proportionality between the surface area and the weight of the incubated tissue.
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R-CANDELA, R., MARTIN-HERNANDEZ, D., CASTILLA-CORTAZAR, T. et al. Passage of Glucose through the Uterine Muscle in Relation to the Surface Area. Nature 193, 1292 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1931292a0
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