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The Role of Pentitols and other Polyols in Evolutionary Development

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

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I am very pleased to have the opportunity to participate in this Symposium and to present the opening paper. Since this will serve as a general introduction to the discussions that follow, I will take the opportunity to indulge in some frank speculation regarding the evolutionary origin of the pathways of carbohydrate metabolism and the possible role of pentitols and other polyols. I have been interested in the metabolism of pentoses and polyols for some time and I believe that this is a good time to review the subject and to examine the present state of our knowledge with respect to the biochemistry and physiology of the pentoses and pentitols, as well as the general role of polyols in carbohydrate metabolism.

This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (GM 11301) and the National Sciences Foundation (GB 1465). This is communication No. 106 from the Joan and Lester Avnet Institute of Molecular Biology

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    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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Horecker, B.L. (1969). The Role of Pentitols and other Polyols in Evolutionary Development. 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_2

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