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Effect of Xylitol Administration on Levels of Blood Sugar and Plasma Free Amino Acids Following Abdominal Surgery

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

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It is important to supply carbohydrate to patients who have undergone major abdominal surgery. In order to evaluate xylitol as a postoperative carbohydrate source, the effect of xylitol administration on blood sugar, plasma free amino acids and urea was compared with that of glucose administration following some abdominal surgery.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Minoru Uekusa, Toichi Tosen, Masatomi Ohba, Takashi Akamatsu, Noriyuki Narahara & Susumu Kodaira

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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

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

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Uekusa, M., Tosen, T., Ohba, M., Akamatsu, T., Narahara, N., Kodaira, S. (1969). Effect of Xylitol Administration on Levels of Blood Sugar and Plasma Free Amino Acids Following Abdominal Surgery. 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_40

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