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. 1967 Jan;102(1):177–180. doi: 10.1042/bj1020177

The influence of fructose and its metabolites on ethanol metabolism in vitro

H I D Thieden 1, F Lundquist 1
PMCID: PMC1270225  PMID: 4291557

Abstract

1. Fructose caused an increase in the rate of ethanol oxidation by rat-liver slices, and d-glyceraldehyde was found to have a similar effect. 2. Addition of glycerol lowered the rate of ethanol oxidation if the incubation medium contained fructose and ethanol, but no such effect was found if it contained glucose and ethanol. 3. The formation of glycerol by the slices during incubation and the concentration of α-glycerophosphate in the slices were highest in medium containing fructose and ethanol. 4. In experiments without ethanol in the incubation medium, fructose strongly increased the pyruvate concentration, which resulted in a decrease of the lactate/pyruvate concentration ratio. Addition of ethanol to the medium resulted in a marked decrease in pyruvate concentration. 5. Oxygen consumption is greater in slices incubated in medium containing fructose and ethanol than in slices incubated in medium containing glucose and ethanol.

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