Abstract
The aim of this investigation was to study the rate of degradation of amino sugars of platelets and erythrocyte membranes of rats kept on carbohydrate diets, using starch and sucrose. /sup 3/H-Glucosamine hydrochloride injected intraperitoneally in a dose of 200 microCu per rat, 1, 2, and 3 days before sacrifice, was used as the label. Replacement of starch equivalent to 40% of the calorific value of the diet by sucrose is shown to significantly change the halfrenewal time of the amino sugars of rat erythrocyte membranes. Investigation of the dynamic characteristics of the amino sugars of the blood cells can be used to assess the effect of food on metabolic and adaptive processes in man.
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