Etymology

Bodansky unit

Today it means: An obsolete measure of alkaline phosphatase concentration in blood, defined as the quantity of alkaline phosphatase that liberates 1 mg of phosphate ion during the first hour of incubation with a buffered substrate containing sodium β-glycerophosphate. Full definition →

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Named after Aaron Bodansky, American biochemist.

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