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. 2022 Aug 18;22(10):396–401. doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2022.06.003

Table 1.

Buffer systems in the body.

Extracellular Intracellular
Bicarbonate/carbonic acid buffer system Haemoglobin buffer (Hb⋅H/Hb– and OxyHb⋅H/OxyHb–)
Plasma proteins Phosphate (H2PO4/HPO4–)
Intracellular proteins