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Table 3 Effect of caffeine and adenosine on cell size.

From: Regulation of aggregate size and pattern by adenosine and caffeine in cellular slime molds

AX2

Sorensen's buffer

Sorensen's buffer +120 mM sorbitol

Hl5c

Cell volume

   

Control

7.83 ± 0.10

8.87 ± 0.05

9.75 ± 0.24

5 mM adenosine

8.20 ± 0.12 (p < 0.05)

9.25 ± 0.05 (p < 0.003)

9.93 ± 0.03 (p < 0.2)

5 mM caffeine

6.59 ± 0.19 (p < 0.02)

8.39 ± 0.05 (p < 0.004)

9.30 ± 0.13 (p < 0.05)

  1. All values represent the mean ± standard deviation of 3 independent experiments. Student's t-test was performed to check the significance of the experiments.