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Biochemical and histochemical estimations of liver gamma-glutamyltransferase activity in ethanol-fed rats
Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry. Zeitschrift Fur Klinische Chemie Und Klinische Biochemie
|April 1, 1980
Abstract:
Ethanol-fed rats showed significantly elevated plasma and liver gamma-glutamyltransferase activity, compared with rats fed carbohydrates isocalorically, or with untreated control animals. The activity of gamma-glutamyltransferase in liver was detected by means of both biochemical and histochemical methods. These data suggest that increased plasma gamma-glutamyltransferase activity commonly found in alcoholics can be related, at least in part, to a hepatic enhancement of the activity in the liver.