Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Variation of Saccharoid Fraction in Diabetes Mellitus

  • Letter
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Abstract

IN diabetes mellitus it is not only the concentration of blood sugar which is altered but also the “saccharoid fraction”—the difference between the total reducing capacity of blood and the true concentration of glucose1. The exact nature of the saccharoid fraction is not known, but it would seem to be a non-specific mixture of all the reducing substances present in the blood, including glutathione, creatinine, glucuronic acid and cysteine. The significance of this fraction of the blood in pathological conditions is not well understood.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Graymore, C. N., and Towlson, M. J., Nature, 195, 76 (1962). Poggel, M. B., and Gryder, M. R., J. Biol. Chem., 228, 701 (1957).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Gaulden, E. C., Keating, W. C., and Putoff, O., Clin. Res., 12, 90 (1964).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Weilden, S., and Wood, I. J., J. Clin. Path., 11, 343 (1958).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Spiro, R. G., J. Biol. Chem., 234, 743 (1959).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Cessi, C., and Piliego, F., Biochem. J., 77, 508 (1960).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Benedict, S. R., J. Biol. Chem., 92, 141 (1931).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Fashena, G. J., J. Biol. Chem., 100, 357 (1933).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Fashena, G. J., and Stiff, jun., H. A., J. Biol. Chem., 137, 21 (1941).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biochemistry, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi

    IMTIAZ AHMED KHAN & M. ATAUR RAHMAN

Authors
  1. IMTIAZ AHMED KHAN
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. M. ATAUR RAHMAN
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

KHAN, I., RAHMAN, M. Variation of Saccharoid Fraction in Diabetes Mellitus. Nature 215, 979–980 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215979a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/215979a0

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation