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hi welcome back to dr donovan medicine made easy in today's video we're going to be looking at the alt blood test we're going to be covering three main things what is alt secondly why is the test used and finally how do you interpret the test [Music] so first of all what is alt well alt stands for alanine aminotransferase and it's an enzyme found mostly in the liver it's a part of a panel of blood tests commonly referred to as liver function tests also known by the shorthand term lfts you'll probably hear this term on the ward regularly other lfts include alkaline phosphatase gamma gt and aspartate amino transferase otherwise known as ast all of which i'll cover in later videos in the next couple of months so make sure you subscribe to the channel not to miss these [Music] so why is alt requested given that we now know alt is produced in the liver this gives you a bit of a clue as to why healthcare professionals such as doctors might request the test and that's to see how the liver is