bentiromide test

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bentiromide test

A test of pancreatic exocrine function in which orally administered bentiromide is cleaved by chymotrypsin within the lumen of the small intestine, releasing p-aminobenzoic acid. Diminished urinary excretion of p-aminobenzoic acid may indicate pancreatic insufficiency.

bentiromide test,

(for pancreatic function) bentiromide is administered orally, and its cleavage into benzoyl-tyrosyl and p-aminobenzoic acid is monitored as a measure of pancreatic production of chymotrypsin.

bentiromide test

see bt-paba test.

bentiromide test

Gastroenterology A 'tubeless' pancreatic function test in which bentiromide–N-benzoyl-l-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid is cleaved by chymotrypsin, yielding p-aminobenzoic acid which is measured in urine False positivity Liver disease, renal failure, malabsorption. See Pancreolauryl test, Tubeless test.

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