Phantom of the Oxygraph: Artifactual Oxygen Consumption Resulting from the Evolution of Nitrogen or Other Low Solubility Non-Oxygen Gas

Authors

  • Philip G. Penketh Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
  • Krishnamurthy Shyam Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20455/ros.2023.c801

Keywords:

Liberation; Nitrogen; Nitrosourea; Oxygraph; Sulfonylhydrazine

Abstract

The generation of microliter quantities of a gas such as nitrogen in an Oxygraph chamber can result in apparent/artifactual oxygen consumption. This can easily be misconstrued as due to the occurrence of a radical reaction, or greater oxygen consumption than is, in actuality, occurring.

(First online: June 5, 2023)

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Published

2023-06-05

How to Cite

Penketh, P. G., & Shyam, K. (2023). Phantom of the Oxygraph: Artifactual Oxygen Consumption Resulting from the Evolution of Nitrogen or Other Low Solubility Non-Oxygen Gas. Reactive Oxygen Species, 13, c1–c3. https://doi.org/10.20455/ros.2023.c801

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OPINION & COMMENTARY