The quantitative determination of glucose in normal thais and liver diseases by 0 – toluidine method.

The ortho – toluidine method for glucose determination is suitable for routine laboratories because it needs only single reagent and react directly with serum. The individual glucose was determination in 100 normal Thais (males = 53, females = 47). The value was 73 – 96 mg/dl. There was no difference between sexes. In patients with liver diseases (obstructive jaundice, cirrhosis, carcinoma of liver, viral hepatitis, hepatic precoma, hepatomegaly), Those were no statistically difference from the normal value. But infections hepatitis was statistically difference from the normal value.