Medical Biochemistry

Metabolic disease: diabetic and ketoacidosis; metabolic acidosis and physiological buffers; Alcoholic hypoglycemia etc. genetic disease: sickle cell anemia, etc. Nutritional diseases: vitaminosis, marasmus, Kwashiorkor, etc. Plasma enzyme profile in clinical diagnosis: estimation of serum and plasma protein, total bilirubin, total albumin. Liver function test: AST (GOT) and ALT (GPT), dehydrogenase (LDH) Activity. Maltase-aspartate shuttle; glycerol-phosphate shuttle. Isoenzyme profile in diagnosis e.g. LDH