title: Estimation of the urinary galactitol level in children by capillary gas chromatography.
abstract: A rapid and efficient capillary gas chromatography was utilized to measure urinary galactitol in 133 non-galactosemic children on a free diet. The children aged from 12 days to 14 years were divided by age into six groups. The urinary galactitol concentration was found to be the highest (64.04 mmol/mol creatinine) in the neonatal group and the lowest (7.12 mmol/mol creatinine) in the group over 2 years old. It is concluded that the urinary concentration of galactitol is strongly age-dependent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D004376:Galactitol / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D004376:Galactitol