COMPOSITION OF BLOOD-PLASMA 



TABLE OF COMPOSITION OF BLOOD-PLASMA 

 Specific gravity, 1028. 



Water, 779 parts per 1000 in the male; 791 parts per 1000 in the female. 



Sodium chloride, 3 to 4 parts per 1000. 



Potassium chloride, 0.359 parts per 1000. 



Ammonium chloride, proportion not determined. 



Potassium sulphate, 0.288 parts per 1000. 



Sodium sulphate, proportion not determined. 



Potassium carbonate, proportion not determined. 



Sodium carbonate (with sodium bicarbonate), 1.200 parts per 1000. 



Magnesium carbonate, proportion not determined. 



Calcium phosphate of the bones, and neutral phosphate, 1 



Magnesium phosphate, 



Potassium phosphate, y 1.500 parts per 1000. 



Ferric phosphate (probable), 



Basic phosphates and neutral sodium phosphate, J 



Silica, copper, lead and magnesia, traces occasionally. . 



f Sodium lactate, proportion not determined. 

 Calcium lactate (probable), proportion not determined. 

 Sodium oleate, 1 



" palmitate, j 



" stearate, 



" valerate, 



. V 1.475 parts per 1000. 



" butyrate, ' 



f Olein, 



Palmitin, 



Stearin, 



Lecithin, containing nitrogen and called phosphorized fatty matter, 0.400 parts per 1000. 



Glucose, 0.002 parts per 1000. 



Glycogen, proportion not determined. 

 [ Inosit, proportion not determined. 



Carbon dioxide in solution. 



Urea, 0.177 P arts P er 1000, in arterial blood; 0.088, in the blood of the renal vein. 



Sodium urate, proportion not determined. 



Potassium urate (probable), proportion not determined. 



Calcium urate, " " " " 



Magnesium urate, " " " " 



Ammonium urate, " " " " 



J Sodium sudorates, etc., " " " 



Inosates, " " " 



Oxalates, 



Creatin, " " " 



Creatinin, " ' " 



Leucin, " " " 



Xanthin, " " " 



Hypoxanthin, " " 



I Cholesterin, 0.455 to -75 I P arts P er 1,000, in the entire blood (Flint). 

 [ Fibrinogen, 3 parts per 1000. 

 I Serum-albumin, 45 parts per 1000. 

 j Serum-globulin, 31 parts per 1000. 

 [ Peptones, 4 parts per 1000. "< 



Coloring matters of the plasma, proportion and characters not determined. 



