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Clinical Application of Xylitol in Diabetes

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

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As a result of the pioneering experiments of Dr. Lang and his coworkers [1], and the subsequent clinical investigations of Prellwitz and Bassler [2], andMehnert, Summa, and Forster [3], it became apparent that the disappearance of intravenously administered xylitol was essentially the same in normal and diabetic subjects. The production of xylitol in large quantities since 1964, made it possible to explore the use of this pentitol in clinical conditions, particularly diabetes mellitus, in which animal studies suggested a possible beneficial effect.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

    Shoichi Yamagata, Yoshio Goto, Akira Ohneda, Moritoshi Anzai, Satoshi Kawashima, Jin Kikuchi, Mamoru Chiba, Yoshisuke Maruhama, Yuichi Yamauchi & Takayoshi Toyota

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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

    Yasuyuki Takagi

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Yamagata, S. et al. (1969). Clinical Application of Xylitol in Diabetes. 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_32

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