Table of permselectivity for different substances
This is a table of permselectivity for different substances in the glomerulus of the kidney in renal filtration.
Substance | Approximate molecular mass | Effective molecular radius | conc. in ultrafiltrate / conc. in blood plasma |
sodium | 23 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
potassium | 39 | 0.14 | 1.0 |
chloride | 35.5 | 0.18 | 1.0 |
water | 18 | 0.15 | 1.0 |
urea | 60 | 0.16 | 1.0 |
glucose | 180 | 0.33 | 1.0 |
sucrose | 342 | 0.44 | 1.0 |
polyethylene glycol | 1,000 | 0.70 | 1.0 |
inulin | 5,200 | 1.48 | 0.98 |
lysozyme | 14,600 | 1.90 | 0.8 |
myoglobin | 16,900 | 1.88 | 0.75 |
lactoglobulin | 36,000 | 2.16 | 0.4 |
egg albumin | 43,500 | 2.80 | 0.22 |
Bence Jones protein | 44,000 | 2.77 | 1.0 |
hemoglobin | 68,000 | 3.25 | 0.03 |
serum albumin | 69,000 | 3.55 | <0.01 |