Dengue fever is an arboviral infection with the largest incidence worldwide, transmitted by Aedes aegypti. The aim of the study is to study the role of serum transaminases on dengue fever. The serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminases (SGOT) and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminases (SGPT) were estimated by enzymatic (kinetic) methods for 50 dengue positive cases. Overall, 80% of dengue fever cas...

OBJECTIVE Recently, a positive correlation between alanine transaminase activity and body mass was established among healthy young individuals of normal weight. Here we explore further this relationship and propose a physiological rationale for this link. DESIGN Cross-sectional statistical analysis of adiposity across large samples of adults differing by age, diet and lifestyle. SUBJECTS 46...

BACKGROUND Alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) are referred to as liver transaminases. Although used routinely in clinical practice for decades, their role as predictors of mortality has not been examined until recently. We studied the predictive value of these serum transaminases in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with primar...

We herein report the case of a 14-year-old girl with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infectious mononucleosis who developed prolonged hepatitis and jaundice. At presentation, she had tender hepatomegaly with a markedly deranged liver function test. Abdominal ultrasonography showed hepatomegaly and a thickened gallbladder wall. During the subsequent 11 weeks, her transaminases showed two further peaks,...

Aim : To study the curative effect of Sapindus mukorossi and Rheum emodi extracts in CCl4 induced liver cirrhosis in male rats. Methods : The dried powder of S. mukorossi & R. emodi was extracted successively with petroleum ether, benzene, chloroform and ethanol and concentrated in vacuum. The curative effect of the extracts of the fruit pericarp of S. mukorossi and rhizomes of R. emodi was stu...

Conflicting views exist at the present regarding the influences of a deep saturation dive on liver function in divers. Therefore, we first reevaluated whether a deep saturation dive (400 msw) induces a hepatic disturbance. As the result, plasma activities of both transaminases (aspartate aminotransferase [AST] and alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) increased significantly, whereas cholinesterase (...

The sublethal stress of the organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos was investigated in different tissues of the freshwater crab (Barytelphusa guerini). Crabs were exposed to 1/3 of LC50 concentrations for 7, 14, 21, and 28 days. After 28 days, they were released into fresh water and kept for 18 days for recovery. The study was conducted by estimating total proteins, amino acids, ammonia, urea...

Case 1: Mr F., a 65-year-old man with hypertension and atrial fibrillation, began longterm anticoagulation with warfarin 1 year ago. He presented with a 1-week history of nausea, anorexia, jaundice, and altered mental status. His laboratory workup showed elevated serum transaminases and direct bilirubin. Could warfarin be potentially responsible? Case 2: Mr S., a 75-year-old man with diabetes a...

The activities of certain enzymes related to the carbon assimilation pathway in whole leaves, mesophyll cell extracts, and bundle sheath extracts of the C4 plant Panicum miliaceumn have been measured and compared on a chlorophyll basis. Enzymes of the Co dicarboxylic acid pathway-phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and NADP-malic dehydrogenase-were localized in mesophyll cells. Carbonic anhydrase w...