Title: α-Amylase of human pure pancreatic juice: Effects of pancreatic disease and the occurrence of variant forms in pancreatic juice from healthy volunteers
Abstract: Pure pancreatic juice (PPJ) from healthy human volunteers and from patients with pancreatic or liver disease was subjected to isoelectric focussing (IEF) and assayed for α-amylase activity. In PPJ from most normals, a single predominant form of amylase was found, comprising ∼-83% of the total activity recovered, and having pIapp ∼- pH 6.8. In PPJ from six normals, variant principal forms of amylase were found at pH ∼- 6.4 or pH ∼- 7.3, in addition to the peak at pH 6.8. IEF patterns of PPJ from individuals with pancreatic or liver disease were indistinguishable from patterns obtained with PPJ from the control group of healthy volunteers.
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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