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system at the stage of cytochrome c reductase; the diaphorase activity is not affected. 7. Thiol compounds react chemically with fluoropyruvate, thereby preventing its inhibitory activity. The reaction products show characteristic spectra in the ultraviolet region.

SUMMARY1. Studies on the rate of efflux from the isolated perfused rat heart of plasma albumin conjugated with Evans Blue showed the conjugate to have penetrated extensively the extravascular compartment of the organ during a period of 2 min. This was confirmed by direct analysis of hearts for Evans Blue after perfusion.2. Exposure of the hearts to Evans Blue-albumin conjugate for 8 min in vivo showed no significant penetration of the interstitial space.3. With the isolated preparation inclusion of promethazine in the perfusing medium significantly diminished the rate of penetration of the extravascular compartment by the conjugate as did injection of the animals with either reserpine 2 days before, or bretylium immediately before the experiment.4. Penetration of the interstitial compartment in vivo could be induced by repeated asphyxiation. This penetration could also be diminished by promethazine but was not influenced by mepyramine maleate.The increased permeability of capillaries to plasma proteins can be readily demonstrated in the whole animal by detecting the leakage from the vasculature of the plasma proteins conjugated with a dye (Menkin & Menkin, 1930;Miles & Miles, 1952). Evans Blue, which has been widely used as a vascular marker because of the stability of its conjugate with plasma albumin, is the most suitable dye for this purpose. In the present work this method has been applied to the isolated rat heart, to determine if changes in capillary permeability occur in the perfused tissue.When plasma albumin conjugated with Evans Blue was used as a vascular marker in this preparation, its rate of clearance was very much less than that of erythrocytes, and the amount contained in the heart