Abbreviations: OTA: Ochratoxin-A; hr: Hour; ppm: Parts-Per Million; b.wt.: Body Weight; RBC: Red Blood Cell; Hb: Hemoglobin; PCV: Packed Cell Volume; TLC: Total Leukocyte Count; DLC: Differential Leukocyte Count; MCV: Mean Corpuscular Volume; MCH: Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin; MCHC: Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration; BUN: Blood Urea Nitrogen; ALP: Alkaline Phosphatase; ALT: Alanine Trans...

The hepatoprotective activity of crude aqueous extract of Zingiber officinale leaves (ZOL), Zingiberacae, was evaluated, using CCl4 induced hepatic damage in male Wistar albino rats. Various biochemical parameters like serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase (SGPT), serum glutamic oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT) and total bilirubin were studied. The aqueous ZOL extract afforded significant protec...

ω-Transaminases display complicated inhibitions by ketone products and both enantiomers of amine substrates. Here, we report the first example of ω-transaminase devoid of such inhibitions. Owing to the lack of enzyme inhibitions, the ω-transaminase from Ochrobactrum anthropi enabled efficient kinetic resolution of α-methylbenzylamine (500 mM) even without product removal.

PROCEEDINGS I 966 4 (concentration test, aspartate transaminase content), liver function (alanine transaminase content, alkaline phosphatase content), blood (Hb, haematocrit, haemolysis, white blood cells, coagulation, platelet adhesiveness), post-mortem examinations and body fat composition, no indications were obtained that a 12-week fe,eding period with high amounts of hydrogenated fats of e...

Liver tryptophan pyrrolase and kynureninase activity decreased when rats were fed the hepatic carcinogen 3'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene, whereas li ver kynurenine transaminase activity did not differ significantly from that of the controls. Liver tumors induced by this aminoazo dye had very low kynurenine transaminase activity and no detectable tryptophan pyrrolase or kynureninase activity...

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing liver resection are at risk for intraoperative hyperglycemia and acute hyperglycemia is known to induce hepatocytes injury. Thus, we aimed to evaluate whether intraoperative hyperglycemia during liver resection is associated with the extent of hepatic injury. METHODS This 1 year retrospective observation consecutively enrolled 85 patients undergoing liver resect...