title: Diagnostic value of plasma PABA level in pancreatic diseases.
abstract: NBT-PABA test was performed in 72 subjects with simultaneous determination of the plasma PABA time-concentration curve. The curve in 25 controls after oral administration of N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-P-aminobenzoic acid (NBT-PABA) peaked (3.88 +/- 0.78 micrograms/ml, M +/- SD) at the third hour. In patients with chronic pancreatitis (24) and pancreatic carcinoma (6), the curves were flattened, and peaked at the fifth hour (2.7 +/- 1.4 micrograms/ml, M +/- SD), and fourth hour (3.14 +/- 2.26 micrograms/ml, M +/- SD), respectively. The discrimination between the controls and patients with chronic pancreatitis was most significant in the third-hour plasma PABA concentration (P less than 0.0001). This study shows that determination of the third-hour plasma PABA concentration is better in sensitivity and specificity than the 6-hour urinary excretion of PABA, suggesting that the third-hour plasma PABA concentration after oral administration of NBT-PABA might be a sensitive index of exocrine pancreatic function test.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D010129:4-Aminobenzoic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D062365:Aminobenzoates / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010186:Pancreatic Function Tests; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors; D062366:para-Aminobenzoates
chemical_list: D062365:Aminobenzoates; D062366:para-Aminobenzoates; C006717:bentiromide; D010129:4-Aminobenzoic Acid