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Section 5.7
Enzymes and Cardiac Markers
The reference method for lipase uses olive oil as the substrate because:
Other esterases can hydrolyze triglyceride and synthetic diglycerides
The reaction product can be coupled to NADH generating reactions
Synthetic substrates are less soluble than olive oil in aqueous reagents
Triglyceride substrates cause product inhibition
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