Answer to Question #3942 in Biochemistry for sharon

Question

Blood plasma is the liquid portion of blood and contains many dissolved substance. Are all substances found in blood plasma electrolytes? Please explain.

Answer 1

Electrolytes are small charged molecules (i.e. ions) that can conduct electricity through solutionIn blood plasma we can find a lot of substances such as lipids, carbohydrates, some proteins or small uncharged molecules (like O₂, N₂) that cannot be electrolytes because they are uncharged and do not dissolve to ions.