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. 2003 Jul 30;3:3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6904-3-3

Table 5.

Interstitial albumin volume as fraction of interstitial EDTA volume (VIA/VIE); the interstitial albumin concentration relative to plasma albumin (CI/CP); and the product KA = (VIA/VIE)(CI/CP).

Species Reference Organ CI/CP VIA/VIE KA Comments
Rat [64] sk. mus. 0.8 0.73 0.58 Constant infusion of I125 rat serum albumin. Wick tissue albumin
skin 0.69 0.6 0.4
tendon 0.61 0.45 0.27
[50] skin-dermis 0.72 0.44 0.32
skin-subcut 0.72 0.57 0.41

Rabbit [79] sk. mus. 0.76 0.53 0.4 Lymph albumin
skin. 0.49 0.47 0.23