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. 2011 Jul 12;2011:934659. doi: 10.4061/2011/934659

Table 1.

The effect of different routes of fructose administration in different species over different time periods.

Method of administration Species Amount* Length of study Effect Reference
Drinking Mouse 10% 3 weeks -Hypertension, hyperinsulinemia [13]
Rat 10% 8 weeks -Hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia [11]
5 weeks -Hypertension, insulin resistance [14]
6–19 days -Hypertriglyceridemia [15]
20% 8 weeks
30 days
-Hypertension, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia [16]
-Impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia [17]
60% 2 weeks Hyperglycemia [18]
Hamster 10%, 20% 2, 4 and 6 months Hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia [19]
guinea pigs 10% 6–19 days Hypertriglyceridemia [15]
10% 18 weeks Hyperglycemia [20]

Food Mouse 60% 8 weeks -Hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia [21]
Rat 60% 8 weeks -Hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia [11]
6 weeks -Hyperinsulinemia, hypertriglyceridemia [22]
66% 4 weeks -Hyperinsulinemia [23]
2 weeks -Hypertension, hyperinsulinemia, hypertriglyceridemia [24]
4 weeks -Hyperglycemia [18]
Hamster 60% 2 weeks -Hyperinsulinemia, hypertriglyceridemia [25]
Dog 60% 20–28 days -Hypertension, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, hypertriglyceridemia [26]
Human 15% 5 weeks -Hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia [27]
20% 5 weeks -Hypertriglyceridemia [28]

*Percentageis (weight/volume) for drinking form and (weight/weight) for food form.