The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 22, 385-390,
Copyright © 1939 by The Rockefeller University Press
THE ANTAGONISM BETWEEN SODIUM AND MAGNESIUM IONS IN THEIR ACTION UPON OXALATE ION
Isidor Greenwald 1
1 From the Department of Chemistry, New York University College of Medicine, New York
The action of NaCl upon the effect of MgCl2 upon oxalate buffer systems, interpreted by Simms as an instance of antagonism of Na+ and Mg++, has been shown to be capable of formulation as the effect of increasing ionic strength upon the dissociation of MgC2O4 into magnesium and oxalate ions.
Accepted on October 8, 1938