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Nutritional Significance of Lactose: II. Metabolism and Toxicity of Galactose

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Developments in Dairy Chemistry—3

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The principal dietary sources of galactose are milk and certain milk products in which it occurs mainly as a component of lactose. Lactose is hydrolysed by β-galactosidase (lactase) in the brush border of the small intestine to its component monosaccharides, galactose and glucose, which are both absorbed by an active transport mechanism across the gut wall into the blood.1

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  1. Department of Nutrition, University College, Cork, Republic of Ireland

    Albert Flynn

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Flynn, A. (1985). Nutritional Significance of Lactose: II. Metabolism and Toxicity of Galactose. In: Fox, P.F. (eds) Developments in Dairy Chemistry—3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4950-8_5

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