Fluorometric Assay of Human Serum Carnosinase Activity in Normal Children, Adults and Patients with Myopathy
Observational studyHumans
- Design
- Observational study
- What was measured
- Serum carnosinase activity by a fluorometric assay of released histidine, in infants, children, adults and patients with muscular dystrophy.
What the authors reported
Serum carnosinase activity was very low in infants under one year and rose with age to reach adult levels by about age 6. Adult men averaged 1.85 and adult women 2.07 umol/mL/h. Activity was low in patients with muscular dystrophy.
Limits of this study
Sample sizes not stated in abstract; assay-development paper. Full text not read.
Source
PubMed 6517492 · doi:10.1177/000456328402100613
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