scholarly journals Dietary Calcium and Phosphorus and Variations in Plasma Alkaline Phosphatase Activity in Relationship to Physical Characteristics of Egg Shells

1969 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.S. Paul ◽  
D.C. Snetsinger
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Alkaline Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Dietary Calcium ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Egg Shells ◽  
Plasma Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Calcium And Phosphorus

RICKETS, DEFICIENCY OF "ALKALINE" PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY AND PREMATURE LOSS OF TEETH IN CHILDHOOD

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1953 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-322
Author(s):  
EDNA H. SOBEL ◽  
LELAND C. CLARK ◽  
R. PHYLLIS FOX ◽  
MEINHARD ROBINOW
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Alkaline Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Enzyme Treatment ◽  
Deciduous Teeth ◽  
Local Factor ◽  
Plasma Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Serum Inorganic Phosphate ◽  
Genetically Determined

A child, studied between the ages of 1½ and 3½ years, presented an abnormally low plasma alkaline phosphatase activity (0.8-1.64 Bessey-Lowry u.), a deformed skeleton and the loss of most of her deciduous teeth. The serum Ca was normal; the serum inorganic phosphate remained at the normal relatively high levels of infancy as the child grew older Roentgenograms demonstrated deficient mineralization of the skeleton and teeth. Biopsies of the liver and the costochondral junction displayed a deficiency of tissue alkaline phosphatase activity. The architecture of the rib was consistent with rickets. There was no evidence for the presence of an inhibitor of alkaline phosphatase, such as beryllium, or for an excessive excretion of the enzyme. Treatment with purified growth hormone, ascorbic acid and thiamin chloride had no effect, while vitamin D 500 thousand u. caused little change in the enzyme activity in a 10 day period. The father had low plasma alkaline phosphatase activity and a number of similar patients are mentioned, for whom there was also evidence that the deficiency in alkaline phosphatase activity may be genetically determined. While the precise role of alkaline phosphatase activity in the metabolism of bone is not clear, the findings in this patient suggest that growing bone may require the presence of alkaline phosphatase for normal calcification, and that the skeletal disorder, which could not be distinguished from rickets, may be related to a disturbance in the local factor.

scholarly journals Effect of starvation and sampling time on plasma alkaline phosphatase activity and calcium homeostasis in the rat

1989 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Thompson ◽  
D. P. Mikhailidis ◽  
D. S. Gill ◽  
J. Y. Jeremy ◽  
J. L. Bell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Alkaline Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Calcium Concentration ◽  
Sampling Time ◽  
Ionized Calcium ◽  
Plasma Calcium Concentration ◽  
Plasma Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
25 Oh Vitamin D

The effect of starvation and sampling time on plasma alkaline phosphatase activity, total plasma calcium concentration and whole blood ionized calcium concentration was determined in the rat. Starvation caused a significant fall in total and ionized calcium concentrations as well as in alkaline phosphatase activity. These changes were accompanied by a fall in whole blood pH and an increase in the anion gap and a decrease in urinary excretion of calcium. These indices were restored to normal following refeeding. There was no change in serum 25-OH vitamin D concentrations following starvation for 3 days. Alkaline phosphatase activity showed a pattern compatible with the presence of a circadian rhythm when sampling took place between 0800 and 1800 h. Total and ionized calcium concentrations did not show such a rhythm when animals were fed the present diet.

scholarly journals Serum calcium and phosphorus concentration and alkaline phosphatase activity in healthy children during growth and development

2008 ◽  
Vol 61 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 393-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Savic ◽  
Dejan Savic
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Serum Calcium ◽  
Alkaline Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Growth Spurt ◽  
Phosphorus Concentration ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Calcium And Phosphorus

Introduction. Many changes happen during growth and development in an organism as a result of important hormone changes, especially biohumoral ones. These changes make a problem when interpreting biochemical results in pediatric population. The most important changes are intensive calcium and phosphorus metabolic turnover in bone tissue with changes in alkaline phosphatase activity as a result of osteoblast activity. The aim of this study was to follow the serum calcium and phosphorus concentration and alkaline phosphatase activity in children 1-15 years old in different growth and development period and of different sexes and to fortify the influence of growth and development dynamics on biohumoral status in healthy male and female children. Material and methods. We evaluated 117 healthy children of both sexes from 1-15 years of age and divided them into three age groups: 1-5, 6-10 and 11-15 years. We followed the serum calcium and phosphorus concentration and alkaline phosphatase activity in different groups and in different sexes. Results and conclusion. Our investigation found significantly higher values of serum calcium in boys than in girls with no important changes between the age groups and significantly higher values of serum phosphorus in the youngest age group in all children and in different sexes with no important sex differences. Alkaline phosphatase activity followed the growth spurt and was the biggest in 6-10 years group in girls and in 11-15 years group in boys.

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