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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1998
Tadashi Kohno, Kanegawa, JP;
Isaburo Hosoi, Saitama, JP;
Junko Ohshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Asuka Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunihiko Shibata, Chiba, JP;
Tokyo Gas Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a reagent for evaluating a hepatic operation, comprising an aromatic amino acid, methionine, alanine, fructose or galactose labelled with,C at least at one position. According to the present invention, there is provided a reagent for evaluating a hepatic operation, which imposes less physical burden on a subject, can give accurate test results immediately and can be used safely without side effects. The reagent of the invention is useful for measuring the accurate liver excision ratio, liver regeneration/increase ratio or liver weight of a subject after a hepatic operation. With the reagent of the invention, information which is useful for evaluating a hepatic operation and the degree of invasion by the operation and for diagnosis is provided.