Galactose metabolism in male and female rats. I. Blood and urinary differences.
When rats consumed a well-balanced diet containing 30% lactose or 30% glucose-galactose mixture, some differences of metabolic utilization arose between males and females. With lactose, the urinary excretion of lactose, galactose and galactitol was higher in females. With the glucose-galactose mixture, galactosury and galactitolury in males and females increased and were similar; but galactosaemia and galactitolaemia were more important in females.
D000818:Animals; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D004376:Galactitol / Q000378:metabolism; D005690:Galactose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007785:Lactose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012737:Sex Factors
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004376:Galactitol; D005947:Glucose; D007785:Lactose; D005690:Galactose