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General Distribution

Glucose, fructose, galactic, and certain pentose are freely absorbed from the intestines and are found in the blood immediately after their absorption. All of them can be detected in the tissues of animals, whether the animals are fed the fasted. In the pat absorptive state, however, glucose alone is found in the Free State in [...]

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Carbohydrate Metabolism

The three primary foodstuffs, carbohydrate, fat and protein, in addition to providing energy for the conduct of vital activities, supply the major proportion of the structural materials of the body and the machinery by which the energy derived from their combustion is converted to useful activities. It has been proposed that the metabolic processes be [...]

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