Tissue AST ALT Heart 7800 450 Liver 7100 2850 Skeletal muscle 5000 300 Kidney 4500 1200 Pancreas 1400 130 Spleen 700 80 Lungs 500 45 Red Blood Cells 15 7

Table 1: Relative AST and ALT content of various tissues: The enzyme concentration of serum is taken to be unity or one [8]. Relative tissue content of AST and ALT with serum concentration taken as one.