Laboratory Values

Vitamin B3 is nicotinic acid, also known as niacin, which was discovered back in 1867. Its effectiveness in the physiology of living things was not known until almost a century later in 1934.

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.

Prolactin (PRL) is a hormone that is produced in the lactotropic cells in the anterior pituitary gland. It is especially important during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. Various diseases can be related to prolactin

Triglycerides are triple esters of glycerine with fatty acids. They are used by many organisms as energy stores. In the human organism they are the main component of adipose tissue.

Peptides are molecules whose amino acids are linked by peptide bonds. They take on numerous functions and, in addition to hormonal effects, can also have analgesic or anti-inflammatory effects. Because of their numerous tasks

Thousands of enzymes are active in the human body. Each and every one of them has its own specific task, and without it our body could not function. That means: enzymes are vital, missing enzymes make you sick.

Polysaccharides represent an almost unmanageably differentiated and large group of different carbohydrates, which consist of a chain of more than 10 identical or different monosaccharides that are glycosidic with one another

Somatotropin, also called somatropin, growth hormone or somatotropic hormone, is a so-called peptide hormone that is formed in the anterior pituitary gland. The hormonal effects of somatotropin affect the entire metabolism and growth

A nucleotide is a basic building block of ribonucleic acid (RNA) or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that has a base, sugar or phosphate component. In cells, nucleotides have vital functions and are for example

In addition to glycerophospholipids and cholesterol, sphingolipids are among the building blocks of the cell membrane. Chemically, they are derived from sphingosine, an unsaturated amino alcohol with 18 carbon atoms. Mainly the nervous system and brain are

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

Digestive enzymes are enzymes that are responsible for breaking down food. They process long-chain molecules into short-chain molecules so that they can be used for the metabolism. Most of the digestive enzymes are in the pancreas