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IT is well known that the blood of the fœtal lamb contains a high concentration of fructose and that this disappears within a few hours of birth1–4, yet two recent publications have shown that the perfused liver of the fœtal and new-born lamb is unable to metabolize fructose before the fifth day after birth5,6, and it is known that fructokinase is absent from the liver of the fœtal lamb7. In view of these observations, the results of some preliminary experiments on the urinary excretion of fructose in newly delivered fœtal lambs would appear to be of interest.
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SHELLEY, H., DAWES, G. Fate of Fructose in the Newly Delivered Fœtal Lamb. Nature 194, 296 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194296a0
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