Disaccharidases in patients before and three and 16 days after chemotherapy for cancer. Activity is expressed as micromoles disaccharide hydrolysed per minute per gram wet weight of tissue at 37° C. Data are given as mean (SEM)
| Disaccharidase | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lactase | Sucrase | Maltase | |
| Before | 2.6 (0.4) | 6.7 (0.9) | 15.9 (1.9) |
| 3 days | 2.9 (0.5) | 8.0 (1.3) | 18.5 (3.8) |
| 16 days | 4.4 (1.5) | 10.5 (2.9) | 26.1 (6.8) |