ASPG and alkaline phosphatase measurement: It turned out that glucose metabolism was impaired in AP, not only in the case of asparaginase action, but also in alcohol-related AP.90 This appeared to be due to inhibition of hexokinase and the problem could be circumvented by feeding with galactose, which unlike glucose, can be metabolized via the Lelois pathway and therefore does not depend on hexokinase activity.87,90