“…(Goldberg, 1966;Laragh, Cannon, Stason & Heinemann, 1966;Seldin, Eknoyan, Suki & Rector, 1966;Aukland, Johannesen & Kiil, 1969;Davis, 1970). Its mode of action, in terms of interference with metabolic processes and ion transporting systems, is more uncertain (Wolf, Bieg & Fulgraff, 1969;Duggan & Noll, 1972;Landon & Fitzpatrick, 1972 745 Contreras, 1972;Inagaki et al 1973;Lie, Sejersted, Raeder & Kiil, 1974). Conversely, there is general agreement that at both cortical and medullary levels ouabain acts by the inhibition of Na-K-activated ATPase (Nelson & Nechay, 1970;Allen, Martinez-Maldonado, Eknoyan, Suki & Schwartz, 1971;Torretti, Hendler, Weinstein, Longnecker & Epstein, 1972) but doubt as to whether, in the rat, the ascending limb of Henle's loop is a major site of diuretic action (Streider, Khuri, Weiderholt & Giebisch, 1974).…”