FUHRMAN F A
J Gen Physiol. 1957 Jan 20;40(3):351-5. doi: 10.1085/jgp.40.3.351.
The rate of oxygen consumption by rat skin is inhibited similarly by hypertonic solutions of NaCl, KCl, and sucrose. The rate of anaerobic glycolysis is inhibited by hypertonic NaCl. The inhibition of QO(2) by NaCl concentrations above about 2 osmols per liter is not reversible.