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Utilization of Xylitol in Human Erythrocytes

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International Symposium on Metabolism, Physiology, and Clinical Use of Pentoses and Pentitols

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Mature human erythrocytes synthesize no DNA, RNA, heme or protein. They possess no citric acid cycle or electron transfer system, and obtain the energy mainly from carbohydrate metabolism through the Embden-Meyerhof and Warburg-Dickens pathways.

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  1. Department of Physiological Chemistry and Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Toshio Asakura, Harutada Ninomiya, Shigeki Minakami & Haruhisa Yoshikawa

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  1. Department of Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA

    Bernard L. Horecker

  2. Physiologisch-Chemisches Institut, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, West Germany

    Konrad Lang

  3. Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

    Yasuyuki Takagi

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Asakura, T., Ninomiya, H., Minakami, S., Yoshikawa, H. (1969). Utilization of Xylitol in Human Erythrocytes. In: Horecker, B.L., Lang, K., Takagi, Y. (eds) International Symposium on Metabolism, Physiology, and Clinical Use of Pentoses and Pentitols. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46191-0_11

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