The two-fold purpose of this work is, first, to review current hypotheses for multiple paths of sugar-sensing in an oxygen-responsive context, and second, to present evidence for the extent of sugar/oxygen overlap regulating genes for sucrose and ethanol metabolism. Current data indicate that sugar signals in plants may be initiated by (a) hexokinases, (b) membrane sensors, (c) acetate and/or r...

A characteristic feature of the development of sugar cataracts in rats is the occurrence of a depression in the level of amino acids in the lens a few days after the animals are either placed on a high galactose diet or injected with alloxan.’ Kinsey and Reddy (1, 2) have shown by means of experiments in vitro and in vivo that a nonmetabolizable amino acid is not accumulated as rapidly in the l...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of replacing sucrose with sugar alcohols (sorbitol, glycerol and xylitol) on the quality properties of semi-dried jerky. Total 7 treatments of jerkies were prepared as follows: control with sucrose, and treatments with 2.5 and 5.0% of sucrose replaced by each sugar alcohol, respectively. Drying yield, pH, water activity, moisture conten...