RT Journal
A1 REINER M, WEINER SB
T1 SAccharosuria in an infant
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1939
FD March 1
VO 57
IS 3
SP 590
OP 595
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990030104011
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990030104011
AB Saccharosuria is a rare and unusual error of metabolism. Saccharose, ordinary table sugar, is a disaccharide; in the normal digestive process 1 molecule of saccharose is hydrolyzed and split into 1 molecule of dextrose and 1 molecule of fructose. These monosaccharides are then absorbed from the small intestine. There is no significant gastric digestion of saccharose, the principal digestion taking place in the small intestine. The enzyme concerned in this process is secreted into the intestine; it is called saccharase or invertin. Normally saccharose is not found in any of the body fluids, nor is it excreted in the urine.Most physiologists agree that if excessive amounts of saccharose are ingested, a small proportion may be absorbed unchanged from the intestine. In such cases saccharosuria may occur, as saccharose is not metabolized in the body or utilized directly from the blood stream.Saccharose will not reduce the ordinary copper reagents