title: Wider distribution of salivary-type isoamylase activity as compared with pancreatic-type isoamylase activity in serum: a study on young female adults.
abstract: The clinical implications of a wider distribution of salivary type (S-type) isoamylase activity, as compared with that of pancreatic type (P-type) isoamylase activity in the serum of young female adults of 18-23 years old was studied. A high correlation existed between the S-type isoamylase levels in the initial determination and those in the second determination one year after on the same subjects, indicating that the wider distribution of S-type isoamylase level reflects an individual variation. The serum level of S-type isoamylase was highly correlated with the S-type isoamylase activity in saliva. Among the additional factors studied, a weak positive correlation was present between energy intake and the total and S-type isoamylase activities in serum. However, there was no negative correlation between the S-type isoamylase level and body mass index (BMI), which was reported for young male adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taketa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007517:Isoamylase / Q000097:blood*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology*; D012463:Saliva / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D007517:Isoamylase