Photoinduced oxygen transfer from nitrogen dioxide to ethylene in the vicinity of the nitrogen dioxide dissociation threshold: a laser photochemical study on reactant pairs isolated in solid argon

1992 ◽  
Vol 96 (25) ◽  
pp. 10308-10315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald J. Fitzmaurice ◽  
Heinz Frei
Author(s):  
J.C.S. Kim ◽  
M.G. Jourden ◽  
E.S. Carlisle

Chronic exposure to nitrogen dioxide in rodents has shown that injury reaches a maximum after 24 hours, and a reparative adaptive phase follows (1). Damage occurring in the terminal bronchioles and proximal portions of the alveolar ducts in rats has been extensively studied by both light and electron microscopy (1).The present study was undertaken to compare the response of lung tissue to intermittent exposure to 10 ppm of nitrogen dioxide gas for 4 hours per week, while the hamsters were on a vitamin A deficient diet. Ultrastructural observations made from lung tissues obtained from non-gas exposed, hypovitaminosis A animals and gas exposed animals fed a regular commercially prepared diet have been compared to elucidate the specific effect of vitamin A on nitrogen dioxide gas exposure. The interaction occurring between vitamin A and nitrogen dioxide gas has not previously been investigated.


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