Blood plasma is the liquid component of blood. Plasma is the largest single component of blood, making up about 55% of total blood volume. Blood plasma contains many vital proteins including fibrinogen, globulins and human serum albumin...
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Blood plasma is the liquid component of blood. Plasma is the largest single component of blood, making up about 55% of total blood volume. Blood plasma contains many vital proteins including fibrinogen, globulins and human serum albumin.
Serum refers to blood plasma in which clotting factors (such as fibrin) have been removed naturally by allowing the blood to clot prior to isolating the liquid component.
Plasma is mainly composed of water, blood proteins, and inorganic electrolytes. It serves as transport medium for glucose, lipids, amino acids, hormones, metabolic end products, carbon dioxide and oxygen.
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Mitrogianni Z, Barbouti A, Galaris D, Siamopoulos KC. Department of Nephrology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. Background/Aims: Oxidative damage has been reported to be involved in the pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) as well as in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications of CKD patients. The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the levels of plasma carbonyl formation, a sensitive marker of enhanced oxidative stress in predialysis... Read Full Story
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I get a ton of questions around how to donate blood, so I thought I'd make a post of the best videos. So here are some videos that show you the process in action. I'll comment after each one so you know what the video ... Read Full Story
Anorexia nervosa is a difficult disease to treat effectively. Inpatient treatment in facilities with specialized expertise heightens the chance for success. Patients with the most severe degrees of anorexia nervosa are especially in need of hospitalization. Authorization from insurers can be a barrier to admitting these patients to reputable treatment facilities. Therefore, familiarity with accurate markers of disease severity is important to understand in order to effectively advocate for... Read Full Story
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Recently, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has become a significant issue in many aspects of environmental ecology, toxicology, pathology and life sciences because it may have serious effects on the endocrine, immune and nervous systems and can lead to embryonic deformities and other diseases. Human serum albumin (HSA) is the major protein component of blood plasma and is called a multifunctional plasma carrier protein because of its ability to bind an unusually broad... Read Full Story
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Recently, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has become a significant issue in many aspects of environmental ecology, toxicology, pathology and life sciences because it may have serious effects on the endocrine, immune and nervous systems and can lead to embryonic deformities and other diseases. Human serum albumin (HSA) is the major protein component of blood plasma and is called a multifunctional plasma carrier protein because of its ability to bind an unusually broad... Read Full Story
Anorexia nervosa is a difficult disease to treat effectively. Inpatient treatment in facilities with specialized expertise heightens the chance for success. Patients with the most severe degrees of anorexia nervosa are especially in need of hospitalization. Authorization from insurers can be a barrier to admitting these patients to reputable treatment facilities. Therefore, familiarity with accurate markers of disease severity is important to understand in order to effectively advocate for... Read Full Story
Mitrogianni Z, Barbouti A, Galaris D, Siamopoulos KC. Department of Nephrology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. Background/Aims: Oxidative damage has been reported to be involved in the pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) as well as in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications of CKD patients. The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the levels of plasma carbonyl formation, a sensitive marker of enhanced oxidative stress in predialysis... Read Full Story
Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and fatty acid-free human serum albumin (HSAFAF) reduce the K(m) values for UGT2B7 substrates by sequestering inhibitory long-chain fatty acids released by incubations of human liver microsomes (HLM) and HEK293 cells expressing this enzyme. However, the scope of the "albumin effect" is unknown. In this investigation we characterized the effects of albumin on the kinetics of 4-methylumbelliferone (4MU) glucuronidation by UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1, 1A6... Read Full Story
by Rob Tarmaran
If the idea of donating blood makes you uneasy, you’re not alone. Many people are uncomfortable with needles and worry that it will hurt. You would be surprised how easy the process actually is and how much good you can do with a single donation.
Blood products, including whole blood, platelets, and plasma, are used in a number of life saving procedures. Burn victims, surgery patients, trauma victims, and people with hemophilia may all need blood donations to survive... Read Full Story
Tea polyphenols, especially the catechins, are potent antimicrobial and antioxidant agents, with positive effects on human health. White tea is one of the less studied teas but the flavour is more accepted than that of green tea in Europe. The concentrations of various catechins in 13 different kinds of infusion were determined by capillary electrophoresis. The total polyphenol content (Folin–Ciocalteu method), the trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC value determined with the 2,2... Read Full Story
