V04CC Tests for bile duct

Bile duct

A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile.Bile, required for the digestion of food, is excreted by the liver into passages that carry bile toward the hepatic duct, which joins with the cystic duct to form the common bile duct, which opens into the intestine.The...

 patency

V04CC01 Sorbitol

Sorbitol

Sorbitol, also known as glucitol, Sorbogem® and Sorbo®, is a sugar alcohol that the human body metabolizes slowly. It can be obtained by reduction of glucose, changing the aldehyde group to a hydroxyl group. Sorbitol is found in apples, pears, peaches, and prunes...

V04CC02 Magnesium sulfate

Magnesium sulfate

Magnesium sulfate is a chemical compound containing magnesium, sulfur and oxygen, with the formula MgSO4. It is often encountered as the heptahydrate epsomite , commonly called Epsom salt, from the town of Epsom in Surrey, England, where the salt was distilled from the springs that arise where the...

V04CC03 Sincalide

Sincalide

Sincalide is a cholecystokinetic drug administered by injection to aid in diagnosing disorders of the gallbladder and pancreas. It is the 8-amino acid C-terminal fragment of cholecystokinin, and also known as CCK-8....

V04CC04 Ceruletide

Ceruletide

Ceruletide , also known as cerulein or caerulein, is a ten amino acid oligopeptide that stimulates smooth muscle and increases digestive secretions. Ceruletide is similar in action and composition to cholecystokinin. It stimulates gastric, biliary, and pancreatic secretion; and certain smooth muscle...

V04CD Tests for pituitary function

V04CD01 Metyrapone

Metyrapone

Metyrapone is a drug used in the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency and occasionally in the treatment of Cushing's syndrome .-Mechanism:...

V04CD03 Sermorelin

Sermorelin

Sermorelin, sometimes called GRF 1-29, is a growth hormone releasing hormone analogue. It is a 29-amino acid polypeptide representing the 1-29 fragment from endogenous human growth hormone releasing hormone, and is thought to be the shortest fully functional fragment of GHRH. It is used as a test...

V04CD04 Corticorelin

Corticorelin

Corticorelin is a diagnostic agent. It is a corticotropin-releasing hormone.The corticorelin stimulation test helps to differentiate between the etiologies of ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism...

V04CD05 Somatorelin

Somatorelin

Somatorelin is a diagnostic agent for determining growth hormone deficiency....

V04CE Tests for liver

Liver

The liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals. It has a wide range of functions, including detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion...

 functional capacity

V04CE01 Galactose

Galactose

Galactose , sometimes abbreviated Gal, is a type of sugar that is less sweet than glucose. It is a C-4 epimer of glucose....

V04CE02 Sulfobromophthalein

V04CG Tests for gastric secretion

V04CG01 Cation exchange resins

V04CG02 Betazole

Betazole

Betazole is a histamine H2 receptor agonist. Also known as Ametazole. Betazole hydrochloride is known as gastramine and histalog.It has been used as a gastric stimulant to test for maximal production of gastric secretion activity The test can be used in diagnosis of diseases such as...

V04CG03 Histamine phosphate

V04CG04 Pentagastrin

Pentagastrin

Pentagastrin is a synthetic polypeptide that has effects like gastrin when given parenterally. It stimulates the secretion of gastric acid, pepsin, and intrinsic factor, and has been used as a diagnostic aid as the pentagastrin-stimulated calcitonin test.Pentagastrin binds to the cholecystokinin-B...

V04CG05 Methylthioninium chloride

V04CG30 Caffeine

Caffeine

Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline xanthine alkaloid that acts as a stimulant drug. Caffeine is found in varying quantities in the seeds, leaves, and fruit of some plants, where it acts as a natural pesticide that paralyzes and kills certain insects feeding on the plants...

 and sodium benzoate

Sodium benzoate

Sodium benzoate has the chemical formula NaC6H5CO2; it is a widely used food preservative, with E number E211. It is the sodium salt of benzoic acid and exists in this form when dissolved in water. It can be produced by reacting sodium hydroxide with benzoic acid.-Uses:Sodium benzoate is a...

V04CH Tests for renal function

V04CH01 Inulin

Inulin

Inulins are a group of naturally occurring polysaccharides produced by many types of plants. They belong to a class of fibers known as fructans. Inulin is used by some plants as a means of storing energy and is typically found in roots or rhizomes...

 and other polyfructosans

V04CH02 Indigo carmine

Indigo carmine

Indigo carmine, or 5,5'-indigodisulfonic acid sodium salt, also known as indigotine or FD&C Blue #2 is a pH indicator with the chemical formula C16H8N2Na2O8S2. It is approved for use as a food colorant in the USA and the EU and has the E number E132.-Uses:The primary use of Indigo carmine is as a...

V04CH03 Phenolsulfonphthalein

V04CH04 Alsactide

Alsactide

Alsactide is a diagnostic agent....

V04CH30 Aminohippuric acid

Aminohippuric acid

Aminohippuric acid or para-aminohippuric acid , a derivative of hippuric acid, is a diagnostic agent useful in medical tests involving the kidney used in the measurement of renal plasma flow...

V04CJ Tests for thyreoidea

Thyroid

The thyroid gland or simply, the thyroid , in vertebrate anatomy, is one of the largest endocrine glands. The thyroid gland is found in the neck, below the thyroid cartilage...

 function

V04CJ01 Thyrotropin

V04CJ02 Protirelin

V04CK Tests for pancreatic function

V04CK01 Secretin

Secretin

Secretin is a hormone that controls the secretions into the duodenum, and also separately, water homeostasis throughout the body. It is produced in the S cells of the duodenum in the crypts of Lieberkühn...

V04CK02 Pancreozymin (cholecystokinin)

V04CK03 Bentiromide