The aim was to evaluate the activity of intestinal carbohydrases in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms food intolerance. Material and methods. 126 IBS (83 women 43 men, median age – 32.0 years (Q1–Q3: 27–38 years)) were examined. diagnosis established on basis Roman Criteria IV. A questionnaire conducted for all identify intolerances, according results which divided into thre...

A rapid and improved method to obtain purified lactase from rat intestine is described. The purification procedure involved only two chromatographic steps. The degree of purification was far above (500 fold) the values reached with classical methods. Rabbit antisera raised to the purified lactase were characterized using conventional immunological techniques. The specificity of the lactase anti...

Original Communications Dose Response of Jejunal Sucrase and Maltase Activities to Isocaloric High and Low Carbohydrate Diets in Man. N. S. ROSENSWEIG AND R. H. HERMAN 1373 Nutritional Macrocytic Anemia of Infancy and Childhood. A. K. SARAYA, P. N. SINGLA, K. RAMACHANDRAN AND 0. P. GHAI 1378 Effect of Pyridoxine Supplementation on Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase and In Vitro Stimulation in Erythr...

Treatment of the genetic metabolic myopathies remains generally unsatisfactory with the exception of a select few. Multiple Acyl Co-A Dehydrogenase Deficiency (Glutaric Aciduria type II), in particular, has been shown to respond well to riboflavin supplementation. Recently, studies have also confirmed the effectiveness of recombinant enzyme replacement therapy for Acid Maltase Deficiency (Pompe...