BIOL 143 Chapter Notes - Chapter Lab 9: Active Transport, Glycosuria, Renal Function
20 Mar 2017
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After: smells like asparagus (depending on if one has the enzyme or not) After: smells like beets (depending on if one has the enzyme or not) *has enzyme urine will not smell like asparagus/beets. *does not have enzyme urine will smell like asparagus/beets (body cannot break down substance, resulting in urine smelling like the substance) Pale yellow (less concentrated) to dark amber (more concentrated) color. Normal yellow color due to urochrome (pigment metabolite that arises from the body"s destruction of hemoglobin; travels to the kidney as bilirubin or bile pigments) Certain foods, drugs, bile, and blood affect color. Older urine smells like ammonia (due to bacteria) Certain foods, drugs, and disease processes (diabetes mellitus) alter the odor. Sg = relative weight of a specific volume of liquid compared with an equal volume of distilled water. Sg of urine = 1. 001 (few solutes; more dilute) to 1. 003 (more solutes; more concentrated) usually.
