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The biochemical studies of Touster, Hollmann, and co-workers and of Lang, Bässler, and associates showed that xylitol is a metabolite in the glucuronic acid-xylulose-cycle in mammals. Clinical and experimental studies were carried out to state whether these findings could also be applied to human metabolism and whether under various pathological conditions a utilization of xylitol may be expected. For this reason, we have examined normal subjects of various age groups, patients with liver diseases showing a liver damage of various degrees and diabetic persons. In addition, we gave an extremely high dosage of xylitol to normal persons and examined the reactions after fasting and after a high carbohydrate meal.
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Mehnert, H., Förster, H., Dehmel, KH. (1969). The Effect of Intravenous Administration of Xylitol Solutions in Normal Persons and in Patients with Liver Diseases and Diabetes mellitus. 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_29
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