OBJECTIVE Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a combination of medical disorders that increase the risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus. It suggests an association between an elevated serum aminotransferase level and MS. Little data show the relationship between the levels of serum aminotransferase and the incidence of MS in Ningxia, China. METHODS A total of 5415 subjects who receive...

PURPOSE To evaluate alanine aminotransferase levels before and after a hemodialysis session and to correlate these values with the hematocrit rate and weight loss during hemodialysis. PATIENTS AND METHODS The serum alanine aminotransferase levels, hematocrit rate and body weight were measured and correlated before and after a single hemodialysis session for 146 patients with chronic renal fai...

We describe the development of a sensitive, specific radioimmunoassay for the cytoplasmic and mitochondrial isoenzymes of human aspartate aminotransferase (L-aspartate:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase; EC 2.6.1.1). Isoenzymes from human heart tissue were purified to homogeneity and used to raise high-titer antisera in rabbits. We partly purified the antisera by selective column chromatography. T...

ammonia is a toxic material for mammalians. it is detoxificated and converted to urea in the urea cycle in liver. each defect in the urea cycle cause increase in blood ammonia level. ornithine transcarbamylase enzyme (otc) is the second enzyme in the urea cycle that exists in mitochondria. otc deficiency is the most common hereditary disorder in the urea cycle. in this study, 45 hyper ammonia p...

an experiment was conducted to study the effects of carbon tetrachloride (ccl4) on post-peak performance and serum enzymes of hy-line w-36 laying hens from 32-36 weeks of age. the experiment was carried out with a total of 192 laying hens in a completely randomized block design. during the experiment laying hens were allocated to 4 groups consisted of t1) no ccl4 as control diet, t2, t3 and t4)...

Increasing evidence suggests an association between elevated serum aminotransferase level and the metabolic syndrome. However, the significance of relatively low levels of aminotransferase in relation to the metabolic syndrome has not been fully investigated in the general population. We investigated the association between serum amiontransferase level and the metabolic syndrome using data from...

The effect of daily, oral administration of ethanolic extract of Khaya senegalensis stem bark (2mg/kg body weight) for 18days on the alkaline phosphatase, aspartate and alanine aminotransferase activities of rat liver and serum were investigated. Compared with the control, the activities of liver alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) inc...