Characteristic Changes in the Density and Shear Viscosity of Human Blood Plasma with Varying Protein Concentration

Authors

  • N. P. Malomuzh I.I. Mechnikov National University of Odessa
  • L. A. Bulavin Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • V. Ya. Gotsulskyi I.I. Mechnikov National University of Odessa
  • A. A. Guslisty Odessa Regional Medical Center of Mental Health

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe65.2.151

Keywords:

blood plasma, density, shear viscosity, protein concentration, oligomerization of biomolecules

Abstract

The density and shear viscosity of human blood plasma and their dependence on the concentration of proteins (albumin, y-globulin, fibrinogen, etc.) entering the natural blood composition have been studied. The biomaterial concentration is varied by diluting the blood plasma with the isotonic aqueous solution. It is shown that a decrease in the biomaterial concentration down to 0.91 of its initial value leads to a drastic change in the plasma density and to a change in the character of the concentration dependence of the shear viscosity of blood plasma. A hypothesis is put forward that the observed changes in the density and shear viscosity result from the structural transformations induced by oligomerization processes; first of all, by the albumin dimerization. A conclusion is drawn that the introduced blood substitutes should not exceed 10% of the blood mass; otherwise, structural transformations of a biomaterial in blood plasma can be provoked.

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Published

2020-03-03

How to Cite

Malomuzh, N. P., Bulavin, L. A., Gotsulskyi, V. Y., & Guslisty, A. A. (2020). Characteristic Changes in the Density and Shear Viscosity of Human Blood Plasma with Varying Protein Concentration. Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 65(2), 151. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe65.2.151

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Physics of liquids and liquid systems, biophysics and medical physics

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