Question
Differentiate between the following:
Plasma and Serum
Plasma and Serum
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Answer
| PLASMA | SERUM |
| Plasma is a pale-yellow (straw-coloured) alkaline liquid. | Serum is a yellow-coloured blood plasma. |
| It contains several salts, glucose, amino acid, fats, enzymes, hormones, antibodies, and digested and excreted products of food. | It is the blood plasma from which fibrinogen, the blood clotting protein has been removed. |
| It absorbs, transports and release heat. | It is used in the treatment or prevention of certain infections. |
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