At concentrations between 0 and 15 mM, L‐lactate increases the oxygen affinity of the hemocyanin in hemolymph dialysates of the crabs Carcinus means and Cancer pagurus without changing the Bohr effect. A possible role of lactate and other anaerobic end products as cofactors regulating the oxygen transport function is suggested.
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