Surfactant

surfactant

• 界面活性剤（日本語）
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Definition

Glossary of "Life (9th ed.)" by Sadava et al. (2011)

• A substance that decreases the surface tension of a liquid. Lung surfactant, secreted by cells of the alveoli, is mostly phospholipid and decreases the amount of work necessary to inflate the lungs.

文献（引用）

• Sadava, D., Hillis, D. M., Heller, H. C. & Berenbaum, M. R. 2011. Life: The Science of Biology, 9th ed. -xliv + 1266 pp. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland.

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