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Published in final edited form as: J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2008 Apr 23;326(1):270–277. doi: 10.1124/jpet.108.138370

Table 3.

Comparison of Gibb’s Free Energy Change (ΔΔG) for Transfer of Each Methylene Group of a Series of n-Alcohols From Water to the Site of Action for the Present Study With Published Results. Values for the Present Study Were Calculated From Figure 8B

	ΔΔG		Reference
	cal/mol/CH2	kJ/mol/CH2	Reference
Tadpole	−800	−3.35	Alifimoff et al. (1989)
Na_v1.2	−835	−3.49	Present study
Squid axon	−726	−3.04	Haydon and Urban (1983)
NMDA receptor	−478	−2.00	Peoples and Weight (1995)