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Table 3.

Effect of MDL-12,330A, SQ22,536, U-73122 and U-73343 on the total amount of emitted light (L_tot) of KCl-induced luminescence on A. filiformis, O. aranea and O. californica dissociated photocytes

	A. filiformis (N=10)	O. aranea (N=10)	O. californica (N=10)
10⁻⁵ mol 1⁻¹ MDL-12,330A	16.07±7.85^{^†}	7.02±1.20^{^†}	17.05±6.02^{^†}
10⁻⁵ mol 1⁻¹ SQ22,536	32.91±19.02^{^†}	79.75±6.15^{^†}	102.90±9.16
5×10⁻⁶ mol 1⁻¹ U-73122	40.74±14.43^{^*}	60.72±11.54^{^†}	89.22±8.33^{^*}
5×10⁻⁷ mol 1⁻¹ U-73122	38.82±16.25^{^*}	66.37±4.26^{^*}	121.60±8.72
5×10⁻⁶ mol 1⁻¹ U-73343	19.34±5.45^{^†}	25.11±3.03^{^†}	37.07±4.22^{^†}

	A. filiformis (N=10)	O. aranea (N=10)	O. californica (N=10)
10⁻⁵ mol 1⁻¹ MDL-12,330A	16.07±7.85^{^†}	7.02±1.20^{^†}	17.05±6.02^{^†}
10⁻⁵ mol 1⁻¹ SQ22,536	32.91±19.02^{^†}	79.75±6.15^{^†}	102.90±9.16
5×10⁻⁶ mol 1⁻¹ U-73122	40.74±14.43^{^*}	60.72±11.54^{^†}	89.22±8.33^{^*}
5×10⁻⁷ mol 1⁻¹ U-73122	38.82±16.25^{^*}	66.37±4.26^{^*}	121.60±8.72
5×10⁻⁶ mol 1⁻¹ U-73343	19.34±5.45^{^†}	25.11±3.03^{^†}	37.07±4.22^{^†}

Means ± s.e.m. are expressed as a percentage of photogenesis triggered by 200 mmol l⁻¹ KCl in normal artificial seawater (controls=100%).

P<0.05

†

P<0.01, N, number of stimulated aliquot parts.

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