Laboratory Values

A micronutrient is a nutrient that is only needed in very small quantities. In contrast to the micronutrients are the macronutrients, which are required in larger quantities.

Mineralocorticoids are hormones that belong to the corticosteroids. The hormones play an important role in regulating blood pressure and the sodium / potassium balance.

Molybdenum is a chemical element and one of the transition metals. It also serves as an essential trace element in all organisms. Molybdenum deficiency or molybdenum excess is very rare.

Like vitamin A and vitamins D and E, vitamin K is one of the vitamins that are soluble in fat. In their function, they are one of the cofactors in the so-called carboxylation reaction, through which various coagulation factors and some

Monoamine oxidases (MAO) are enzymes responsible for the breakdown of monoamines in the organism. Many monoamines are neurotransmitters and are involved in the transmission of stimuli within the nervous system. A lack of activity of the monoamine oxidases can

When we speak of monoclonal antibodies, we mean proteins that are produced by a very specific cell line or a cell clone. Their specific properties include that they have only a single antigenic determinant

Monosodium glutamate has been criticized again and again for about 30 years. It is contained in many dishes as a flavor enhancer and is suspected of promoting nervous diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Motor proteins belong to the group of cytoskeletal proteins. The cytoskeleton serves to stabilize the cell and its movement as well as the transport mechanisms in the cell.

Sir Humphry Davy, pioneer of modern electrochemistry, was able to produce sodium for the first time in 1807 through the electrolysis of molten alkalis. He had broken down sodium hydroxide using the Voltasche column and made the atomic sodium pure

Myosin is one of the motor proteins and is responsible, among other things, for the processes involved in muscle contraction. There are different types of myosins, all of which are based on transport processes of cell organelles or on shifts within the cytoskeleton

Neuron-specific enolase - or NSE for short - is a biocatalyst (enzyme) of the sugar metabolism.

Palmitic acid is the most common fatty acid, along with stearic acid. It plays an important role in both plant and animal and human organisms. Most of the palmitic acid is bound in triglycerides.

Along with palmitic acid, stearic acid is a main component of fats and oils. It is an unsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms whose main function is to store energy. Because it can be synthesized in the organism

Nucleic acids are made up of a series of individual nucleotides to form macromolecules and, as the main component of the genes in the cell nuclei, are carriers of genetic information, and they catalyze many biochemical reactions.

Nucleic bases are the building blocks that make up the long chains of DNA and RNA molecules in their phosphorylated nucleotide form.

Vitamin E is a group of substances that are also called tocopherols (from the Greek words for 'birth' and 'bring').

Albumins are blood proteins that belong to the group of globular proteins. Its most important task in the human body is to maintain colloid osmotic pressure.

Vitamin B6 is called pyridoxine and is water-soluble. Vitamin B6, with its components pyridoxol, pyridoxal and pyridoxamine, takes on its role as a starting substance in the metabolism, especially for the formation of coenzymes.

Von Willebrand factor is a protein that plays a crucial role in blood clotting. In the case of a deficiency in the coagulation factor, insatiable bleeding occurs.

Osteocalcin is a peptide hormone found in bones with a variety of functions. It is significantly involved in bone metabolism and serves as a marker for various bone diseases in the blood. But also in the carbohydrate or fat metabolism