Liver Function Test Flashcards
Perform majority function of liver;
Degenerative property of liver
Hepatocyte
Act as phagocyte
Kupffer cells
Line the sinusoid of the liver
Kupffer cells
Large organ divided unequally into 2 lobules by
Falciform ligament
Functional unit of the liver
Lobules
Chief metabolic organization
Liver
Responsible for all metabolic and excretory function of liver
Lobules
Amount of blood supply in the body
1500 ml/minute
Function of liver
- Synthetic function
- Conjugate function
- Detoxification and drug metabolism
- Excretory and secretory function
- Storage function
Ability to synthesize substance (protein)
Synthetic function
Metabolism of bilirubin
Conjugation function
Bile (elimination of cholesterol and bile salts)
Excretory and secretory function
Fat soluble
Vitamin A, D, E, K
Albumin + Globulin
Total protein
Sample used in total protein
Serum
Interference in total protein
Hemolysis and ictericia
Reference value for Total protein
6.5 - 8.3
Assessment of nutritional status and presence of diagnosis of disease involving kidney, liver and bone marrow
Total protein
Methods in total protein
- Kjeldahl
- Biuret
- Folin - Ciocalteu (lowry)
- UV absorption
- Refractometry
- Turbidimetry and Nephelometry
- Commasie brilliant blue dye
- Ninhydrin
- Serum protein electrophoresis
Classical method; reference but not routinely used
Kjeldahl
Colorimetric non enzyme method
Biuret
3 steps in kjeldahl method
Digestion
Distillation
Titration
Oxidation of phenolic compounds such as ___
Tyrosine, tryptophan & histidine
Principle: oxidation of phenolic compounds
Folin - ciocalteu (lowry) method
Based on refractive index of serum
Refractometry
Absorbance used in UV absorption method
210 nm
Absorption @ 280nm
Tryptophan, tyrosine & phenylalanine