Others Glucose is used as the primary source of energy for the body. Total protein is the sum of the circulating proteins in the serum and is difficult to interpret without knowledge of the individual fractions. Albumin is a protein made in the liver. It is decreased in liver, kidney, GI, and chronic disease and malnutrition. It is increased in dehydration.
Globulin is the other major protein in the serum.
Globin composes most of the fraction of total protein that is not albumin. Uric Acid is an end product of uricotelic metabolism. CPK, or creatine phosphokinase, is an enzyme present in skeletal and heart muscle, and is increased in muscle breakdown and heart attacks. LDH, lactate dehydrogenase, is an enzyme present in various tissues and serum which is important in the exidation of lactate. Lipids Cholesterol is a fatty substance in the blood.