On the Adrenalin Hyperglycemia

Abstract

Though it can no more be objected that the principal part of carbo hydrates in normal blood is dextrose, the existence of carbohydrates besides dextrose in the blood has long been supposed. What makes the main standpoint of this opinion is the fact that when the blood sugar is estimat ed, various methods applied to it which differ one another in principle offer different value. For example, even when the blood sugar of the same specimen is estimated, the value brought about differs according to the methods applied, such as reduction test, fermentation test, polariscopic test and colorimetric test. The fact, that the blood obtains an increase of reduction by means of a treatment with acid, may be understood to suggest that some sort of carbohydrates, which can obtain reducing power by the help of acid, exists in blood.