Uric acid and phosphate metabolism of the splanchnic region during equimolar parenteral infusion of fructose and glucose

: When fructose and glucose (10 g/5 min., 0.5 g/kg x h) were infused into a peripheral vein, fructose exhibited a transient increase of splanchnic uric acid production. Since phosphate and oxygen uptake rose simultaneously, the effect was considered to be due to well-known cellular drop of nucleotide and phosphate concentrations.