W. J. V. Osterhout
1871 – 1964
84 works on record
Works

The nature of life

Injury, recovery, and death

The antagonistic action of magnesium and potassium

On the importance of physiologically balanced solutions for plants ...
Experiments with plants
1906
On nutrient and balanced solutions
The antitoxic action of potassium on magnesium
On the importance of physiologically balanced solutions for plants
Contributions to cytological technique
The value of sodium to plants by reason of its protective action
The resistance of certain marine Algae to changes in osmotic pressure and temperature
The role of osmotic pressure in marine plants
On the effects of certain poisonous gases on plants
Permeability and viscosity
Studies on stimulation in Nitella
Increased irritability in Nitella due to guanidine
The effect of some trivalent and tetravalent kations on permeability
Effects of hexylresorcinol on Valonia
Effects of hydroxyl on negative and positive cells of Nitella
Effects of potassium on the potential of Halicystis
Papers [1896-1925]
Exosmosis in relation to injury and permeability
The death wave in Nitella
The decrease of permeability produced by anesthetics
Bioelectrical aspects of the all or none law
Calculations of bioelectric potentials
Potentials in Halicystis as affected by non-electrolytes
Some aspects of bioelectrical phenomena
The mechanism of accumulation
Electrical variations due to mechanical transmission of stimuli
On the importance of maintaining certain differences between cell sap and external medium
Contrasts in the cell sap of Valonias and the problem of flotation
The protoplasmic surface in certain plant cells
A dynamical theory of antagonism
Protoplasmic asymmetry in Nitella as shown by bioelectric measurements
Kinetics of penetration
Reversible loss of the potassium effect in distilled water
Does the temperature coefficient of permeability indicate that it is chemical in nature?
Chemical restoration in nitella
Tolerence of fresh water by marine plants and its relation to adaptation
Is living protoplasm permeable to ions?
The penetration of CO2 into living protoplasm
Electrochemical methods in the study of plant cells
Positive variations in Nitella
Water relations in the cell
On plasmolysis
Some aspects of selective absorption
Effects of nitrobenzene and benzene on Valonia
A theory of injury and recovery
Differing rates of death at inner and outer surfaces of the protoplasm
Some aspects of permeability and bioelectrical phenomena
The nature of balanced solutions
Note on the effect of diffusion upon the conductivity of living tissue
The permeability of protoplasm to ions and the theory of antagonism
Reversible changes in permeability produced by electrolytes
Permeability in large plant cells and in models
Nature of the action current in Nitella
Salt bridges and neagtive variation
Extreme toxicity of sodium chloride and its prevention by other salts
Plants which require sodium
The accumulation of electrolytes
Chemical dynamics of living protoplasm
The concentration effect in Nitella
The permeability of living cells to salts in pure and balanced solutions
On the dynamics of photosynthesis
Movements of water in cells of Nitella
Some properties of protoplasmic gels
Reversal of the potassium effect in Nitella
Changes of apparent ionic mobilities in protoplasm
Restoration of the potassium effect by means of action currents
Physiological studies of single plant cells
A simple method of measuring photosynthesis
Dynamical aspects of photosynthesis
The rôle of ions in valonia and nitella
Decrease of permeability and antagonistic effects caused by bile salts
A method of measuring the electrical conductivity of living tissues
Some experimental modifications of the protoplasmic surface
Note on the penetration of electrolytes
The dynamics of the process of death
Negative variations in Nitella produced by chloroform and by potassium chloride
The basis of measurement of antagonism
The mechanism of injury and recovery of the cell
Note on the nature of the current of injury in tissues
Antagonism between alkaloids and salts in relation to permeability