Bodansky unit

English

Etymology

Named after Aaron Bodansky, American biochemist.

Noun

Bodansky unit (plural Bodansky units)

1. An obsolete measure of alkaline phosphatase concentration in blood, defined as the quantity of alkaline phosphatase that liberates 1 mg of phosphate ion during the first hour of incubation with a buffered substrate containing sodium β-glycerophosphate.