The quantitation of buffering action II. Applications of the formal & general approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The paradigm of "buffering" originated in acid-base physiology, but was subsequently extended to other fields and is now used for a wide and diverse set of phenomena. In the preceding article, we have presented a formal and general approach to the quantitation of buffering action. Here, we use that buffering concept for a systematic treatment of selected classical and other buffering phenomena.

Results

H+ buffering by weak acids and "self-buffering" in pure water represent "conservative buffered systems" whose analysis reveals buffering properties that contrast in important aspects from classical textbook descriptions. The buffering of organ perfusion in the face of variable perfusion pressure (also termed "autoregulation") can be treated in terms of "non-conserva

SUBMITTER: Schmitt BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1079954 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature