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SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Moreno I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5632886 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sánchez-Moreno Israel I Monsalve-Hernando Carmen C Godino Ana A Illa Luis L Gaspar María Jesús MJ Muñoz Guillermo Manuel GM Díaz Ana A Martín José Luis JL García-Junceda Eduardo E Fernández-Mayoralas Alfonso A Fernández-Mayoralas Alfonso A Hermida Carmen C
BioMed research international 20170924
Hypolactasia, or intestinal lactase deficiency, affects more than half of the world population. Currently, xylose quantification in urine after gaxilose oral administration for the noninvasive diagnosis of hypolactasia is performed with the hand-operated nonautomatable phloroglucinol reaction. This work demonstrates that a new enzymatic xylose quantification method, based on the activity of xylose dehydrogenase from <i>Caulobacter crescentus</i>, represents an excellent alternative to the manual ...[more]