Amylase and lipase tests help detect two key digestive enzymes in your bloodstream. Abnormal levels may mean you have a medical condition such as pancreatitis or a problem with your kidneys. The ...

If your doctor thinks something could be wrong with your pancreas-- the organ in your belly that helps you digest food -- they may do an amylase test. Amylase is a protein made by your pancreas and by ...

RECENT methods for the assay of amylase use polysaccharides, mostly starch solutions, as a substrate. The wide range of the results can be ascribed in part to the properties of polysaccharides in ...