Serum Glutamic Oxalacetic Transaminase Levels Following Tannic Acid Enemas

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Abstract
Two of 94 patients subjected to barium enemas with 0.25 per cent added tannic acid showed a change in SCOT levels. The change was borderline in one, a 71-year-old male with regional ileitis. In the other patient, a 68-year-old diabetic male, a definite rise occurred which, in view of a changing ECG pattern, was probably the result of coronary artery disease and myocardial injury. A repeat study in this case produced no change in the SGOT level. Although no significant hepatic toxicity was found in this study, higher concentrations of tannic acid might have produced other results.

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