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IN the examination of fœtal bloods from several mammalian species, Goodwin1 suggested that fructose is a characteristic component of the fœtal blood of the Ungulata and Cetacea. We wish to support this generalization by reporting the presence of fructose in the fœtal blood and fœtal fluids of several further species within the order Ungulata, and the essential absence in a member of the Edentata.
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HUGGETT, A., NIXON, D. Fructose as a Component of the Fœtal Blood in Several Mammalian Species. Nature 190, 1209 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1901209a0
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