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Part 2
• Bone
• Highest Paget’s Disease
• Osteomalacia, rickets, hyperparathyroidism,
• Healing fractures
yellow
colorless
M. Zaharna Clin. Chem. 2009
Acid Phosphatase (ACP)
• Belong to the same group of phosphatase enzymes as
ALP
• Catalyze hydrolysis of phosphate monoesters at acid
(5.0) pH
• Other methods
• Immunological test
• Other diagnostics
• Vaginal washings for rape cases
• Serum levels in bone disease (osteoclasts)
• ITP – platelet destruction
GGT
L-γ-glutamyl-p-nitroanilide + glycylglycine
p-nitroaniline + y-glutamyl glycylglycine
• Somogyi units
– A measure of the level of activity of amylase in blood
serum.
– One Somogyi Unit is defined as the amount of
amylase required to produce the equivalent of 1
milligram of glucose when acting on a standard starch
solution in 30 minutes incubation time at 37°C.
• Turbidimetric methods
– Fats in solution = cloudy
– LPS hydrolysis causes clearing of solution
• Colorimetric
– Coupled reactions with peroxidase or glycerol
kinase