Table 1.

Characteristics and constituents of test solutions

	EC	LR	UW	UM1	UM2	UM3
Anions
Bicarbonate mM/l	10
Chloride mM/l	15	109			20	5
Lactate mM/l		28
Phosphate mM/l	57.5		25			0.72
Lactobionate mM/l			100			90
Cations
Calcium mM/l		1.5				0.6–1.4
Sodium mM/l	10	130	30	146	146	1
Potassium mM/l	115	4	120	4.3	24.3	124
Magnesium m/M/l			5		4	7.8
Colloids and Osmotically Active Agents
Hydroxy ethyl starch g/l			50
Proteins g/l				65.2	90	65
Mannitol g/l					3.75
Raffinose g/l			17.8			48
Glucose g/l	194					99
Others
Adenosine g/l			1.34
Glutathione g/l			0.922
Insulin Units			100
Allopurinol g/l			0.136
Antibiotics/Steroids
Ampicillin mg					250	50
Sulfamethoxazole mg			40
Trimethoprim mg			8
Dexamethasone mg			8
Methyl Prednisolone mg					250	500
Osmolality (mosm/l)	375	273	320	308		301
PH	7.4	6.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4