The Journal of General Physiology · 1923 · 114 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineChemistryPhysiologyChemical KineticsLactationLactation PhysiologyMilk ProductionMilk SecretionChemical Reaction MechanismsMilk Secretion DynamicsMilk Secretion Mechanisms
It is shown that the course of decline of milk secretion with the advance of the period of lactation may be expressed by the equation of a monomolecular chemical reaction; that is, the percentage decline of milk secretion with the advance of the stage of lactation is constant. This substantiates the idea that milk secretion is limited by a chemical reaction, and, in general, brings lactation into the class of processes the speed of which is determined by the concentration of a limiting substance.