title: Carbon balance studies with various substrates in human erythrocytes.
abstract: Carbon metabolism in erythrocytes has been found to be in balance with a variety of substrates studied. The contribution of the 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate pathway to carbon metabolism depends on the rates of carbon utilization and increases with increasing metabolic rates. Net decrease of the 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate level acts as a NAD regenerating system thus facilitating uptake of polyalcohols such as xylitol.
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids / Q000097:blood*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005632:Fructose / Q000097:blood; D006601:Hexoses / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D009243:NAD / Q000097:blood; D010429:Pentoses / Q000097:blood*; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000097:blood; D012266:Ribose / Q000097:blood; D014993:Xylitol / Q000097:blood*; D014996:Xylulose / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids; D006601:Hexoses; D007773:Lactates; D010429:Pentoses; D011773:Pyruvates; D009243:NAD; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005632:Fructose; D014996:Xylulose; D012266:Ribose; D014993:Xylitol