AMYLASE BODY FLUID

Test Code

BFAMYL

Alias/See Also

LAB178

CPT Codes
82150

Preferred Specimen

FLUID

Transport Container

PLAIN RED

Transport Temperature

REF- 2 DAYS

Setup Schedule

Set Up:
Report Available:

Reference Range

AMYLASE, BODY FLUID

Clinical Significance

Amylase is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of starch into sugars. Amylase is present in the saliva of humans and some other mammals, where it begins the chemical process of digestion. Foods that contain starch but little sugar, such as rice and potato, taste slightly sweet as they are chewed because amylase turns some of their starch into sugar in the mouth. The pancreas also makes amylase (alpha amylase) to hydrolyse dietary starch into disaccharides and trisaccharides which are converted by other enzymes to glucose to supply the body with energy.

Performing Laboratory
LMH - Chemistry x3739 or 3764

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