The test looked for two compounds -- N-acetyl aspartate and myo-inositol and found their levels could predict which patients developed Alzheimer's.

Phytase belongs to one of the acid enzymes that hydrolyze phytate, myo-inositol hexakisphosphate, into myo-inositol and inorganic phosphate.

Dietary myo-inositol deficiency in aquatic animals leads to symptoms such as a sharp decrease on the rate of growth, surface hyperemia, fin erosion, black body color, fatty liver disease.