Glucose and amino acids are reabsorbed from the glomerular filtrate by the .

Amino acids, along with glucose, are reabsorbed in the glomerular system with a passive or active mechanism as the fluid travels through the entire renal tubular system and enters the circulation again.

Active mechanisms are those that require expenditure of energy, that is, expenditure of the energy currency, while the passive ones do not, they occur through spontaneous non-energy processes such as osmosis, the osmotic gradient and the difference in concentrations in different compartments.

Explanation:

Glomerular filtration is the regulator of the excretion of metabolites and toxic molecules or not necessary for our body. That is why if the amino acid values are high as well as those of glucose in urine, we will be facing a pathology.

If glucose is increased, it is because there is a glycemic peak in blood volume, hence possible diabetes.

And if the amino acids are increased, we could be facing an autoimmune or proteolytic pathology where a large amount of body proteins such as muscle proteins would be breaking down and releasing the amino acids that make it up, this phenomenon usually appears in those people who suffer from rhabdomyolysis in expenses very intense energy sources not appropriate.

On the other hand, glomerular filtration occurs in the kidney and is carried out by the nephron, which is the functional unit of the kidney, within it there is a specific tubular system in collection, absorption and reabsorption, added to the presence of Bowman's capsule.

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12.9 Theoretical Yield and Percent Yield

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It is best to have high yields for chemical reactions

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The world of pharmaceutical production is an expensive one. Many drugs have several steps in their synthesis and use costly chemicals. A great deal of research takes place to develop better ways to make drugs faster and more efficiently. Studying how much of a compound is produced in any given reaction is an important part of cost control.

Percent Yield

Chemical reactions in the real world don’t always go exactly as planned on paper. In the course of an experiment, many things will contribute to the formation of less product than would be predicted. Besides spills and other experimental errors, there are usually losses due to an incomplete reaction, undesirable side reactions, etc. Chemists need a measurement that indicates how successful a reaction has been. This measurement is called the percent yield.

To compute the percent yield, it is first necessary to determine how much of the product should be formed based on stoichiometry. This is called the theoretical yield, the maximum amount of product that could be formed from the given amounts of reactants. The actual yield is the amount of product that is actually formed when the reaction is carried out in the laboratory. The percent yield is the ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield, expressed as a percentage.

Percent yield is very important in the manufacture of products. Much time and money is spent improving the percent yield for chemical production. When complex chemicals are synthesized by many different reactions, one step with a low percent yield can quickly cause a large waste of reactants and unnecessary expense.

Typically, percent yields are understandably less than 100% because of the reasons indicated earlier. However, percent yields greater than 100% are possible if the measured product of the reaction contains impurities that cause its mass to be greater than it actually would be if the product was pure. When a chemist synthesizes a desired chemical, he or she is always careful to purify the products of the reaction.

Sample Problem: Calculating the Theoretical Yield and the Percent Yield

Potassium chlorate decomposes upon slight heating in the presence of a catalyst according to the reaction below:

In a certain experiment, 40.0 g KClO3 is heated until it completely decomposes. What is the theoretical yield of oxygen gas? The experiment is performed and the oxygen gas is collected and its mass is found to be 14.9 g. What is the percent yield for the reaction?

First, we will calculate the theoretical yield based on the stoichiometry.

Step 1: List the known quantities and plan the problem.

Known

given: mass of KClO3 = 40.0 g

molar mass KClO3 = 122.55 g/mol

molar mass O2 = 32.00 g/mol

Unknown

theoretical yield O2 = ? g

Apply stoichiometry to convert from the mass of a reactant to the mass of a product:

Step 2: Solve.

The theoretical yield of O2 is 15.7 g.

Step 3: Think about your result.

The mass of oxygen gas must be less than the 40.0 g of potassium chlorate that was decomposed.

Now, we use the actual yield and the theoretical yield to calculate the percent yield.

Step 1: List the known quantities and plan the problem.

Known

Actual yield = 14.9 g

Theoretical yield = 15.7 g (from Part 12.11A)

Unknown

Percent yield = ? %

Use the percent yield equation above.

Step 2: Solve.

Step 3: Think about your result.

Since the actual yield is slightly less than the theoretical yield, the percent yield is just under 100%.

Summary

Theoretical yield is calculated based on the stoichiometry of the chemical equation.

The actual yield is experimentally determined.

The percent yield is determined by calculating the ratio of actual yield/theoretical yield.

Review

What do we need in order to calculate theoretical yield?

If I spill some of the product before I weigh it, how will that affect the actual yield?

How will spilling some of the product affect the percent yield?

I make a product and weigh it before it is dry. How will that affect the actual yield?

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