Background: Obstructive jaundice is believed to be characterized by abnormalities of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), rather than aspartate transaminase (AST). Aim: To compare liver function tests (LFTs) in obstructive jaundice due to malignant strictures with those of jaundice due to gallstones. Methods: LFTs were measured immediately before endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) in...

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a serious metabolic disorder. Pomegranate has various biological effects. The present study evaluated pomegranate juice (PJ) therapeutic effects on the liver of Streptozotocin (STZ) induced DM mice model. Fifty male were distributed into 5 equal groups (10 each). Groups negative control, PJ group received orally (180 mg/kg), diabetic STZ (60 (STZ+PJ) group, metformin (...

BACKGROUND To determine the best cutoff values of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine amino-transferase (ALT) in detecting viral hepatitis C infection among patients of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). METHODS 90 (44 male and 46 female) CAPD patients and 526 adult controls (266 male, 260 female) were enrolled. Serum AST and ALT were measured by an auto-analyser month...

BACKGROUND Computed tomography (CT) is the gold standard in the initial evaluation of the hemodynamically stable patient with suspected liver trauma. However, the adverse effects of radiation exposure are of specific concern in the pediatric population. It is therefore desirable to explore alternative diagnostic modalities. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) are...

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the biochemical parameters goats submitted castration or not and receiving supplementation with vitamin E not. A total 24 goats, uncastrated (12 experimental units) castrated males units), average body weight weighing 17.6 kg ± 2.67 kg, were distributed in a completely randomized design 2 x factorial arrangement, two animal conditions (castra...

Sistiserkosis adalah penyakit infeksi yang disebabkan oleh larva (cysticercus) cacing pita. pada babi Cysticercus Taenia solium berparasit otot, hati, otak, dan mata babi. Bentuk dewasanya ada dalam usus manusia, disebut T. solium. Babi juga dapat terinfeksi hydatigena peritoneum, omentum mesenterium. dewasanya, hydatigena, anjing. berkembang hati menyebabkan kerusakan hati. Tujuan penelitian i...

We investigated the hepatoprotective effects of a concentrate of sake (CS) and its components against D-galactosamine (GalN)-induced liver injury by measuring the plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activities in mice. CS significantly suppressed the GalN-induced elevation of ALT and AST activities. Each of four concentrated fractions extracted from sake (...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To examine if serum fibrosis biomarkers could accurately identify the stage of liver disease amongst hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV co-infected patients. METHODS One hundred and thirty seven HIV/HCV co-infected persons were randomly selected from the Johns Hopkins HIV Clinic cohort. Ninety five had complete testing for fibrosis markers in sera collected at the time of liver biopsy....

AIMS The ratio of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is of great interest as a possible novel marker of metabolic syndrome. However, longitudinal studies emphasizing the incremental predictive value of the AST-to-ALT ratio in diagnosing individuals at higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome are very scarce. Therefore, our study aimed to evaluate the AST-to-A...

BACKGROUND Despite ongoing findings on the relationship between elevated levels of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases (ALT and AST) and metabolic syndrome (MetS), this association in diabetic patients without a known cause for liver enzymes elevation other than diabetes, per se, remains unclear. In this study, we aimed to assess the relationship between circulating liver enzymes and MetS i...