Intestinal Absorption of Fructose

• Published in: Annual review of nutrition Vol. 38; p. 41
• Main Authors: Ferraris, Ronaldo P, Choe, Jun-Yong, Patel, Chirag R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 21.08.2018
• Subjects: Animals; Biological Transport; Diet; Fructose - metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation; Humans; Intestines - physiology; carbohydrates; nutrition; metabolism; sugars; GLUT; ligand recognition

Increased understanding of fructose metabolism, which begins with uptake via the intestine, is important because fructose now constitutes a physiologically significant portion of human diets and is associated with increased incidence of certain cancers and metabolic diseases. New insights in our kno...