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Gluconic acid, 50, 57
Glucose oxidase (GOD), 50, 57–60, 63, 64
Glucose tolerance test (GTT) curve, 63, 64, 66
Glycerol kinase, 141
Glycerol-3-phosphate oxidase, 141
Glycosuria, 51, 53, 55, 59, 66, 157
Gmelin’s test, 125
Good cholesterol, 145
Gout, 83, 160, 161
Gross error, 10, 11

H
Harrison’s test, 35– 36
Hazards, 1– 3
Heller’s test, 35
Hemoglobin buffer, 25
Hemolytic jaundice, 95, 100, 101, 109, 125,
127, 164
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, 24, 26
Hepatic jaundice, 101, 125, 163
Hexokinase, 131, 132
High density lipoprotein (HDL), 139, 142, 143,
145, 167
Hunter’s test, 125
Hypercholesterolemia, 95, 166
Hyperglycemia, 59, 159, 165
Hypoglycemia, 59, 157, 158
Hypouricemia, 83

I
Immunoglobulin, 33, 35, 37
Inorganic phosphorus, 89– 92
Instrument error, 10
Internal quality control, 11
Isoelectric point (pI), 34
Isoenzymes, 107, 129, 131

K
Ketone bodies
clinical significance, 122
concentration, 122
detection, 122
ketogenesis, 119
ketonemia, 122
ketostix, 121
synthesis, 119, 122

transport, 119

types, 119, 122

utilization, 122

L

Lactate dehydrogenase

activity, 129, 130

clinical importance, 130

distribution, 129

isoenzymes, 129, 130

subunits, 129

Lactose, 49–51, 57

Levey-Jenning chart, 11

Lipase

clinical significance, 118

mode of action, 117

normal value, 118

secretion, 117

Lipid phosphorus, 89

Lipid profile, 139–145, 167

Lipids, 5, 89, 139

Low density lipoprotein (LDL), 139, 142–145,

167

M

Maximum urea clearance, 71, 72

Molar solution, 21, 22

Molarity, 21, 22

Myocardial infarction, 106, 130, 131, 133, 167

N

Nephrotic syndrome, 37, 47, 48, 88, 95, 166

Nonreducing sugar, 49

Normal solution, 22, 23

Normality (N), 23

O

Obstructive jaundice, 95, 101, 125, 127, 162,

163

Oliguria, 30

Organic phosphorus, 89

Ortho-cresolphthalein complex, 86

Overflow proteinuria, 36

Overload proteinuria, 36

Oxidoreductase, 129

Index 173