@Article{, title={Evaluation of alpha- amylase activity in serum and saliva ofnormal individuals and patients with jaundice تعيين فعالية انزيم الالفة _ اميليز فب مصل ولعاب الطبيعيين والمصابين باليرقان}, author={Wasan N. Al- Assee وسن نزهان العاصي and Jinan F. Al Dahhan جنان فاضل محمود and Hazim H. Eddan حازم حسين عيدان}, journal={Tikrit Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences مجلة تكريت للعلوم الصيدلانية}, volume={1}, number={1}, pages={50-57}, year={2005}, abstract={Enzymes are very impoftant components in the biological system. c-Amylase is
one of,these enzymes, it is one of the hydrolytic enzymes that breaks down the dietary
starch and glycogen to glucose and maltose. The present study is conducted to
evaluate o-Amylase activity in serum and saliva of patients with jaundice in
comparison it with the enzyme activity in the serum and saliva of healthy individuals.
That is, to provide fuilher information about the relationship between j aurdice and a-
Amylase activity. Estimation of o.-Amylase activity in serum and saliva was made by
Amyloclastic (iodometric) method.
A 120 samples of serum and saliva were collected; 50 samples represented the
control group whose ages range between (20-55) years and 70 samples were the
patient with jaundice group whose ages range between (15-55) years. Alpha-amylase
activity appeared significantly higher in normal individuals (both in serum and saliva
in comparison with patients with jaundice.

} }