Alkaline Phosphatase Activity in Periodontal Disease

Salivary Alkaline Phosphatase level as Diagnostic marker for periodontal disease

The measurement of specific salivary enzyme activity may be valuable in the diagnosis of human periodontal disease. Alkaline phosphatase has often been measured as possible indicators of gingival inflammation and bone metabolism. It has been found that untreated adult periodontitis patients exhibited higher level of alkaline phosphatase in whole saliva than did healthy control. Alkaline phospha...

Low serum alkaline phosphatase activity in Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease

Various laboratory findings are helpful in making a diagnosis of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD); however, they are not specific. We found decreased serum alkaline phosphatase (SAP) activity in children with KFD. The levels of SAP fell in the acute phase and recovered during convalescence. We conclude that low SAP activity is a characteristic of KFD and may be an auxiliary diagnostic marker for ...

Skeletal alkaline phosphatase activity in serum.

Alkaline Phosphatase Activity of Leukocytes in Shock

By FRANCESCO VACCARI, BENITO SABOTTO AND ENRICO MANZINI T HE ROLE of the alkaline phosphatases in organic metabolism is riot yet clear. In addition to their role in nucleoprotein metabolism and in the process of ossification, they are also involved in glycogemi synthesis from hmexose diphosphate’ and presumably in gluconeogenesis from proteins.2 Their widespread distribution in the tissues, how...

Alkaline phosphatase activity of leukocytes in shock.

By FRANCESCO VACCARI, BENITO SABOTTO AND ENRICO MANZINI T HE ROLE of the alkaline phosphatases in organic metabolism is riot yet clear. In addition to their role in nucleoprotein metabolism and in the process of ossification, they are also involved in glycogemi synthesis from hmexose diphosphate’ and presumably in gluconeogenesis from proteins.2 Their widespread distribution in the tissues, how...