Why glucose alone is used for intravenous infusion,not fructose or sucrose
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Glucose is the only fuel for RBC's and the major fuel for brain.
Explanation:
Glucose has been selected as carbohydrates fuel by evolution because the level of advanced glycation end products produced by glyucose at physiological concentration is less that of other sugars. If you load frutose intravenously, it may produce a lot of advanced glycation and products.
Moreover, frutose in high amout is lipogenic.
Sucrose is hyperosmolar.
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