Publications by authors named "Muir G"
A trial of phosphohexose isomerase as a means of detecting cervical carcinoma.
J Clin Pathol
January 1968
Phosphohexose isomerase activity has been studied in a well women's clinic with an automated method. In this series, in which freeze drying was used, the assay was not a reliable screening technique, as it was found that the method caused considerable loss of enzyme activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) activity in the vaginal fluid in benign and malignant gynaecological lesions.
J Obstet Gynaecol Br Commonw
August 1966
The activities of phosphohexose isomerase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase have been studied in the vaginal fluid of women from the gynaecological departments. Women from these departments gave a very high false positive rate, though no cases of carcinoma in situ were not detected by estimating phosphohexose isomerase levels. It gave considerably better results in malignancy than 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase.
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- Methods for estimating plasma and urine alpha-amino nitrogen using the colorimetric ninhydrin reaction are outlined.
- In the urine method, ammonia and urea are separated using a quick ion-exchange resin process.
- Two estimation methods are provided: one is simple but uses cyanide, while the other avoids cyanide, with both showing normal values consistent with the gasometric ninhydrin method.