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6.3 Diffusion with Changing Donor Concentrations: The Transient State 187<br />

Ilex paraguariensis<br />

Vanilla planifolia<br />

Hedera helix<br />

Melicoccus bijugatus<br />

Ginkgo biloba<br />

Strophanthus gratus<br />

Citrus aurantium<br />

Prunus laurocerasus<br />

Ilex aquifolium<br />

Prunus serotina<br />

Citrus gr<strong>and</strong>is<br />

Malus domestica cv. Gloster<br />

Malus domestica cv. Golden Delicius<br />

Pyrus pyrifolia<br />

Pyrus communis<br />

Malus baccata<br />

Stephanotis floribunda<br />

Prunus armeniaca<br />

Pyrus communis<br />

Pyrus pyrifolia<br />

Juglans regia<br />

Populus canescens<br />

Tilia cordata<br />

Prunus persica<br />

4 5 6 7 8<br />

-log Rate constant<br />

Fig. 6.21 Mobility (−log k ∗ ) <strong>of</strong> bifenox at 25 ◦ C in astomatous cuticular membranes isolated<br />

from 22 different plant species. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. (Redrawn from<br />

Buchholz 2006)<br />

6.3.2.3 Variability <strong>of</strong> <strong>Solute</strong> Mobility with Size <strong>of</strong> <strong>Solute</strong>s<br />

UDOS rate constants do not depend on partition coefficients, since driving force is<br />

the solute concentration in the sorption compartment <strong>of</strong> cuticles rather than concentration<br />

<strong>of</strong> an aqueous donor solution. As measure <strong>of</strong> solute size, molecular<br />

weight may be used, but we prefer the equivalent volumes (Vx cm 3 mol −1 ) calculated<br />

according to McCowan <strong>and</strong> Mellors (1986) or Abraham <strong>and</strong> McGowan (1987)<br />

as already explained (Chap. 5). Effect <strong>of</strong> solute size on solute mobility in CM <strong>and</strong><br />

MX membranes has been studied with cuticles from different plant species (Baur<br />

et al. 1996b; Buchholz et al. 1998). All data could be fitted to an equation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

type shown below:<br />

logk ∗ = logk ∗ 0 − β ′ ×Vx<br />

(6.21)

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