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J B Edwards

Publications and source records attributed to J B Edwards.

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PubMed1976

Phenformin and lactic acidosis.

Thirty-eight patients who presented with diabetes and a changed state of consciousness satisfied the criteria for lactic acidosis. Sixteen patients were non-ketotic, and 15 of these were receiving phenformin on admission. In all but one of these 15 patients, however, additional renal or cardiovascular abnormalities, or both, could be identified, which supported a multifactorial aetiology for lactic acidosis. Advanced age and cardiovascular and renal disease are absolute contraindications to the use of phenformin in diabetics.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

Oxalate excretion during carbohydrate infusions.

Oxalate metabolism was assessed in normal rats and rats deficient in vitamins B-1 and B-6 during intravenous infusions of solutions containing glucose, fructose, sorbitol or xylitol. Urinary excretions of oxalate, glyoxylate and glycine were considerably increased in vitamin B-6 deficient rats infused with xylitol. Significant amounts of 14C-oxalate were excreted only in vitamin B-6 deficient rats infused with U 14C-xylitol. Correction of vitamin B-6 deficiency resulted in a return to normal of urinary oxalate excretion and percentage of U 14C-xylitol excreted as 14C-oxalate. The results suggest that xylitol metabolism produces an increased activity in pathways leading to oxalate formation in vitamin B-6 deficient rats.

Animals↗
PubMed1976

An optimized continuous-monitoring procedure for semiautomated determination of serum acid phosphatase activity.

A continuous-monitoring method for measuring acid phosphatase activity with alpha-naphthyl phosphate as the substrate was critically evaluated and modified. Using partially purified prostatic acid phosphatase, we show that certain conditions for the assay must be satisfied to ensure linearity. These conditions include maintaining the pH between 5.6 and 5.9 and the addition of detergent to sustain linearity. The results obtained with alpha-naphthyl phosphate have been compared with those obtained by using p-nitrophenyl phosphate as substrate. When used with an automatic rate analyzer, the modified method is as sensitive but more reproducible.

Acid Phosphatase↗