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amylase
Filtered by renal glomeruli & reabsorbed by the renal tubules. 1/2life of salivary & pancreatic amylase is about 2 hours.
Laboratory:
- amylase in body fluid
- amylase in amniotic fluid
- amylase in blood
- amylase in CSF
- amylase in dialysis fluid
- amylase in duodenal fluid
- amylase in gastric fluid
- amylase in peritoneal fluid
- amylase in peritoneal dialysis fluid
- amylase in pleural fluid
- amylase in saliva
- amylase in serum
- amylase in serum/plasma/blood
- amylase in synovial fluid
- amylase in urine
Related
amylase in 24 hour urine
amylase in body fluid
hyperamylasemia
macroamylasemia
Specific
alpha amylase
beta amylase (1,4-beta-D-glucan glucanohydrolase)
intestinal maltase glucoamylase [includes: maltase (alpha-glucosidase); glucoamylase (glucan 1,4-alpha-glucosidase)] (MGAM, MGA, MGAML)
macroamylase
General
glycoprotein
glycosidase (glycoside hydrolase)
secreted protein
Properties
COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment
MOTIF: active site
glycosylation site
MISC-INFO: lifetime 2 HOURS {1/LIFE}
References
- Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods,
19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co.,
Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 524-25
- Wikipedia, amylase entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/amylase
Component-of
amylase/lipase/protease; amylase/endopeptidase/lipase; pancrelipase (Viokase, Pancrease, Cotazym-S, Ku-Zyme, Creon-10, Ultrase-MT, Ultresa, Viokace, Pancrecarb, Zypatt, Zenpep)