Description
MyBioSource is the leading supplier of horse serum Butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE) for research and diagnostic manufacturing.
Custom preparations, technical support, bulk quantities and aliquoting available.
Butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE, or BuChE), is a non-specific cholinesterase enzyme that hydrolyses many different choline esters. In humans, it is found primarily in the liver and is encoded by the BCHE gene.
It is very similar to the neuronal acetylcholinesterase, which is also known as RBC or erythrocyte cholinesterase. The term "serum cholinesterase" is generally used in reference to a clinical test that reflects levels of both of these enzymes in the blood. Assay of butyrylcholinesterase activity in plasma can be used as a liver function test as both hypercholinesterasemia and hypocholinesterasemia indicate pathological processes.