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Part Descriptions

LP15263-4   Galactose
Galactose (Gal) (also called brain sugar) is a type of sugar found in dairy products, in sugar beets and other gums and mucilages. It is also synthesized by the body, where it forms part of glycolipids and glycoproteins in several tissues. It is considered a nutritive sweetener because it has food energy. Galactose is less sweet than glucose and not very water-soluble. Galactan is a polymer of the sugar galactose. It is found in hemicellulose and can be converted to galactose by hydrolysis. Galactose is a monosaccharide constituent, together with glucose, of the disaccharide lactose. The hydrolysis of lactose to glucose and galactose is catalyzed by the enzyme beta-galactosidase, a lactase. In the human body, glucose is changed into galactose in order to enable the mammary glands to secrete lactose. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Galactose (Wikipedia)

LP15263-4   Galactose
An aldohexose that occurs naturally in the D-form in lactose, cerebrosides, gangliosides, and mucoproteins. Deficiency of galactosyl-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALACTOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYL-TRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE) causes an error in galactose metabolism called GALACTOSEMIA, resulting in elevations of galactose in the blood. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Galactose
Property
MCnc
Time
Pt
System
Bld.dot
Scale
Qn
Method

Additional Names

Short Name
Galactose DBS-mCnc
Display Name
Galactose (DBS) [Mass/Vol]
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Galactose, Dried blood spot

Basic Attributes

Class
CHEM
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 2.26
Last Updated
Version 2.73
Order vs. Observation
Both
Common Test Rank Get Info
14170

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
54079-9 Galactosemia newborn screening panel
104191-2 Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) deficiency newborn screening panel
54089-8 Newborn screening panel American Health Information Community (AHIC)

Member of these Groups Get Info

LOINC Group Group Name
LG46708-0 Galactose|Pt|Bld.dot|180.156 g/mole

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Galactosa:Concentración de masa:Punto temporal:DBS:Cuantitativo:
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Galactosa:Concentración de masa:Punto temporal:gota de sangre (papel de filtro):Qn:
Synonyms: Cuantitativo
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Galaktoos:MCnc:Pt:Vereplekk:Qn:
Synonyms: Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne Veri
fr-CA French (Canada) Galactose:Concentration de masse:Temps ponctuel:Sang sur papier filtre:Quantitatif:
fr-FR French (France) Galactose:Masse/Volume:Ponctuel:Sang buvard:Numérique:
fr-BE French (Belgium) Galactose:Concentration de masse:Temps ponctuel:Sang sur papier filtre:Quantitatif:
it-IT Italian (Italy) Galattosio:MCnc:Pt:Sangue.su carta da filtro:Qn:
Synonyms: Chimica Concentrazione di Massa Punto nel tempo (episodio) Sangue Spot sangue secco
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) galactose:massa/volume:moment:gedroogde bloedspot:kwantitatief:
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil) Galactose:MCnc:Pt:SgPapel:Qn:
Synonyms: Cerebrose; Mass concentration; Level; Point in time; Random; DBS; Filter paper; FP; Dried blood spot; Blood; WB; Whole blood; Quantitative; QNT; Quant; Quan; Chemistry
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Галактоза:МассКонц:ТчкВрм:Кр.Сух.капл:Колич:
Synonyms: Количественный Кровь Кровь сухая капля Массовая концентрация Точка во времени;Момент
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Galaktoz:KütlKons:Zmlı:Kan.nokta:Kant:
zh-CN Chinese (China) 半乳糖:质量浓度:时间点:全血.斑点:定量型:
Synonyms: 乳单糖;脑半乳糖;脑糖 全血斑点(滤纸);滤纸;血液.斑点;血液斑点(滤纸) 化学;化学检验项目;化学检验项目类;化学类;化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目类;非刺激耐受型化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学试验类 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 水平;浓度;质量浓度(单位体积) 血;血液

Example Units

Unit Source
mg/dL Example UCUM Units

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