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Significance of Low Alkaline Phosphates. The significance and causes of low alkaline phosphatase may indicate certain conditions such as malnutrition, celiac disease, hypothyroidism, magnesium and zinc deficiency, anemia and menopause.
The alkaline phosphatase test (ALP) is used to help detect liver disease or bone disorders. In conditions affecting the liver, damaged liver cells release increased amounts of ALP into the blood. This test is often used to detect blocked bile ducts because ALP is especially high in the edges of cells that join to form bile ducts. If one or more of them are obstructed, for example by a tumor, then blood levels of ALP will often be high.