Normal Values for Serum Acid Phosphatase Activity

Normal Values for Serum Acid Phosphatase Activity 

The method of Gutman and Gutman (GIO, G14), an application of the King-Armstrong (K5) method for alkaline phosphatase to acid phosphatase, was described earlier in this paper. The activity by this method was defined in units, as the number of milligrams of phenol liberated in 1 hour at 37°C by 100 ml of serum. These have been fre- 

Values for Serum Acid Phosphatase in Normal Adult Males by the Method op Gutman and Gutman (GIO, G14) or Slight Modifications of It 

Author Number of individuals Range K.A. units Mean Standard deviation 

The next most common method for determination of serum acid phosphatase activity was based on the use of sodium )3-glycerophosphate as substrate. This method and its modifications have been described in Section 2.3. Values obtained by these methods in normal males are shown in Table 7 a liberal summary of these values indicates a mean value of about 0.4 0.2 Bodansky units. 

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