Objective: To determine the effect of glycerol on hydrolisis of p-nitrophenyl phosphate at pH 5,0 by low molecular weight acid phosphatase from alpaca liver. Design: Experimental analytical study. Setting: Biochemistry and Nutrition Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Materials: Disodic p-nitrophenyl phosphate salt, glacial acetic acid, glycerol, tricloroacetic acid, sulfuric acid, ammonium molibdate, ascorbic acid, ammonium sulphate, sephadex G-75 (45-120), sulpho ethyl sephadex C-50 and ethylene diaminotetraacetic (EDTA) chemical reactives. Methods: Both Km and Vmax kinetic parameters were determined with p-nitrophenyl phosphate as substrate in presence of different concentrations of...