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glutamyl

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glu·tam·yl (gl-tml, glt-ml)
n.
The radical OCCH2CH2CH(NH2)CO of glutamic acid.

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2 Abbreviations: ALP, alkaline phosphatase; CPK, creatine phosphokinase; F, female; GGT, gamma glutamyl transferase; HGB, hemoglobin; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; M, male; ND, none detected; RBCs, red blood cells.
The woman's values were aspartate amino transferase (ASAT) 48 IU/L (normal <26); alanine amino transferase (ALAT) 29 IU/L (normal <27); gamma glutamyl transferase (g-GT) 32 IU/L (normal <200); and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) 517 IU/L (normal <250).
Of the 44 patients who enrolled in this study, 32 completed the 48-week treatment period, with only two patients discontinuing participation in the study as a result of adverse events that were considered possibly or probably related to study medication, one following a reversible increase in the level of gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT), an enzyme associated with the liver and biliary tract, and another following a diagnosis of interstitial nephritis.
 
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