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WE have recently shown (Journ. of Physiol. 57, p. 100, 1922) that there is present in the blood of normal persons a sugar of a reactive nature, which gives the same osazone as glucose, but has a lower rotatory power. In the blood of persons suffering from severe diabetes mellitus, this sugar is not present in amounts capable of detection. In conjunction with Dr. Devereux-Forrest, we have found that, after administration of insulin to diabetic persons, whereas the quantity of sugar in the blood is decreased, the amount of normal blood sugar is increased.
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WINTER, L., SMITH, W. Use of Yeast Extracts in Diabetes. Nature 111, 327 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111327a0
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