Alkaline Phosphatase(ALP) Determination Reagent is an in vitro diagnostic quantitative test kit. ALP is an enzyme that’s found throughout your body. An enzyme is a type of protein in a cell that acts as a catalyst and allows certain bodily processes to happen. There are thousands of enzymes throughout your body that have important functions.
Causes of high ALP include bone growth, healing fractureacromegaly, osteogenic sarcoma, liver or bone metastases, leukemia,myelofibrosis, and rarely myeloma. ALP is used as a tumormarker.