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The detection of galactose in urine
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Research Article| November 01 1953 The detection of galactose in urine F. S. Fowweather F. S. Fowweather 1Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Author and article information Publisher: Portland Press Ltd © 1953 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS1953 Biochem J (1953) 55 (4): 718–720. https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0550718 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Citation F. S. Fowweather; The detection of galactose in urine. Biochem J 1 November 1953; 55 (4): 718–720. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0550718 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsBiochemical Journal Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 1953 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS1953 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
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“In general, the colour produced when the Tollens reaction is performed on glucose in urine appears more slowly and in the lower concentrations can be seen to be less deep in shade than that produced from galactose in urine in the same con- centration.”
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“the colour developing much more quickly in the case of galactose than glucose.”
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“When the galactose is in 0-25-0-5 % concentration, slow crystallization, seen through the microscope, can be seen when a drop of the residual liquid is poured on to a micro- scope slide.The crystals appear as rounded yellow spots with needles projecting all round the edge ('cartwheels').”
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“In a specimen of urine.containing 0-8 % galactose obtained during the performance of a galactose tolerance test, crystals appeared about 5 min.after putting a drop of residual fluid on a microscope slide”
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“This is readily obtained from relatively low concen- trations of galactose in urine.”
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“If, however, the reaction is performed on a urine containing glucose, and also on a urine containing galactose in a lower concentration, the results may well be identical.”
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“Under the same condi- tions, with 2% galactose, there is immediate formation of a yellow precipitate when the drop of water is added to the residue after evaporation.”
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“(iii) Using 1 ml.galactose solution, the appropriate amount of hydrazine hydrochloride in 5% solution and 10 ml.ethanol, spontaneous crystallization of hydrazone occurs after heating and evaporating off the ethanol, cooling the residue and adding one drop of cold water, when the galactose solution contains 1 % or more of the sugar.”
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“(ii) The best results are obtained when the hydrochloride and galactose are present in equal amounts by weight.”
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“The experiments confirm van der Haar's claim that of the sugars examined only galactose gives an insoluble hydra- zone.”
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“It has been shown that of the sugars likely to be found in urine, galactose is the only one which gives an insoluble hydrazone with o-tolylhydrazine.”
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“If the concentration does not much exceed 1 % crystals may not form immediately; the drop may be observed under low power without cover slip for a few minutes and crystals may be seen to form near the edge of the drop.”
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“If the sugar is glucose, opaque yellow spots or streaks will not form; after 2-3 hr.needle crystals of osazone may be seen, but these will be longer and in looser arrangement than the galactose hydrazone, and generally have a feathery appearance.”
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“2 % lactose.A few needle-like crystals seen within globules after about 45 min.After 3 hr., one group of atypical needles was seen.”
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“(a) Sugars in 0-5 % concentration.On first heating all solutions become orange.The one containing xylose quickly deepens to red, but not quite the bright cherry colour seen with pure solutions.The galactose solution deepens less rapidly to reddish-brown, while glucose deepens still less rapidly to yellowish-brown.”
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“The xylose precipitate dissolves in ethanol to give a purple solution, while the other precipitates give deep red-brown solutions; the glucose precipitate appears to be more soluble than the galactose precipitate.”
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“Their melting point in each case was 2020 which is the melting point of the o-tolylosazone.”
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“In addition to galactose, therefore, fructose, and to a less extent, glucose, can give needle crystals under the conditions described, but the crystals are different in form, and much more slowly formed than those from galactose.”
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“2 % D-xylose, D-arabinose, L-arabinose.Many globules, but no needles after being on slide for over 5 hr.; some crystals of sodium acetate appeared.”
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“Ultimately all three show turbidity, followed by definite precipitation, and in the case of glucose the precipitate appears almost before the red- brown colour has clearly shown itself.”
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“(i) o-Tolylhydrazine hydrochloride and sodium acetate can be used successfully instead of the free base, and the quantity of sodium acetate can be varied within wide limits.”
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“With 1% galactose, crystallization occurs almost im- mediately in some cases; in others it is observed a few minutes after a drop of the residual fluid is placed on a microscope slide.”
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“Soon xylose and galactose solutions look very similar and the glucose solution closely resembles them a little later.”
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“These experiments have shown that when the Tollens reaction is carried out on pure aqueous solutions of xylose, galactose and glucose, in 2% concentration, % bright cherry-red colour is obtained with xylose and a deep red-brown colour with galactose and glucose”
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“The washed precipitate from the xylose solution is almost black and in coarse lumps; that from galactose is very dark purple, and from glucose, a slightly lighter purple.”
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“(b) Sugars in 1% concentration.All first become orange- red.The xylose solution quickly becomes bright red and then dark red and soon the precipitate appears.The galactose and glucose solutions become red-brown, the galactose more rapidly than the glucose.”
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“2 % fructose.Some globules; needles began to appear about 20 min.after placing cover-slip, and slowly increased afterwards.”
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“Fructose will also yield osazone crystals, usually more rapidly than glucose.”
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“2 % glucose.Many globules; some needles were beginning to appear after 45 min.from placing coverslip.As they increased during the next 2-3 hr.they were seen to be long and somewhat loosely arranged in sheaves.”
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“(c) Sugarsin 2 % concentration.All quickly become orange- red.The xylose solution changes quickly to red at the top and this colour spreads rapidly downwards, and deepens to a port-wine colour before becoming opaque.The galactose and glucose solutions deepen to dark red-brown, the glucose solution as before changing more slowly than the galactose.”
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“After 2-3 min.put on a cover slip.Soon opaque yellow spots or streaks will be visible to the naked eye and under the microscope these will be seen to consist of hydra- zone crystals in 'cartwheel' arrangement (tightly packed circles with edges of needles just visible round the rim).”
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“The washed precipitate from the xylose solution is purple, that from the galactose purplish, and from glucose, lighter in colour than that from galactose and less in amount.”
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“This gave ample material for recrystallization according to van der Haar's instructions, and the purified product had m.p. 174-175'.”
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“On filtering and washing the precipitates the galactose precipitate has a more definitely purple colour than the glucose precipitate, but the difference is not great.Both precipitates dissolve in ethanol to give similar deep brownish red solutions.”
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“1 % fructose.A few long needle crystals seen in about 45 min.;these are not typical sheaves nor 'cartwheels'.”
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“This reaction was not originally put forward as a test for galactose, but for pentoses.”
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“The glucose and galactose spots on the chromatogram however are very close together, and some experience is needed before galactose can be identified with certainty by this method.”
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“van der Haar (1917), who claimed that, of seven sugars tested, D-galactose was the only sugar that formed an insoluble o-tolylhydrazone.”
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“Tollens points out that while detection of pentose in pure solution by means of this reaction is easy, the task so far as urine is concerned is more difficult.”
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“Itis clearly stated that galactose and dextrose give no specific colour.”
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“The Tollens phloroglucinol reaction is also recommended by certain text-books (Duncan, 1947; Hawk, Oser & Summerson, 1947) as a test for galactosuria”
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“The Tollens test, as described in some text-books, con- sists in heating equal vol. of HCI and the solution to be tested, to which a little phloroglucinol has been added, in the water bath.The appearance of a red colour indicates galactose, pentose or glucuronic acid.Galactose is differ- entiated from the other two substances by the fact that its solution in this test shows no absorption bands.”
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“Later, Tollens (1896) dealt with the reaction in greater detail, and showed that the cherry-red colour shows definite absorption bands.”
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A result the paper reports from its own data — it cites no other source for it, so there is none to check. The quote shows it is in the paper.
In the paper
“The discrepancy between the description of the reaction by Tollens, and that of some later writers, so far as galactose is concerned needs to be clarified if the test is to be of any value in the investigation of galactosaemia”
§ The Detection of Galactose in Urine > Abstract
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
- Checkable: passes — It can be checked against evidence.
- Load-bearing: passes — The paper’s conclusions depend on it.
- Based: passes — The paper gives a reason why it holds.
Probably not a substantial claim.
A conclusion the paper draws from its own results — it cites no other source for it, so there is none to check. The quote shows it is in the paper.
In the paper
“the test may have some value if carried out with appropriate controls.”
§ The Detection of Galactose in Urine > Abstract
hedgedstates a possible cause- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
- Checkable: passes — It can be checked against evidence.
- Load-bearing: passes — The paper’s conclusions depend on it.
- Based: passes — The paper gives a reason why it holds.
It may state two separate claims as one. The quote only partly states this claim.
A conclusion the paper draws from its own results — it cites no other source for it, so there is none to check. The quote shows it is in the paper.
In the paper
“Fructose and somewhat more slowly, glucose, under similar conditions, will give some crystals of the osazone, but these are different in form and slower in appearing than the galactose hydrazone crystals, and the appearance of crystals as described, within a short time of the completion of the preparation is a good indica- tion of the presence of galactose in the urine examined.”
§ The Detection of Galactose in Urine > Abstract
hedgedstates an association- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
- Checkable: passes — It can be checked against evidence.
- Load-bearing: passes — The paper’s conclusions depend on it.
- Based: passes — The paper gives a reason why it holds.
It may state two separate claims as one.
In the paper
“According to Tollens, galactose under the same conditions gives first a yellowbrown colour, and glucose a similar one, and the precipitate whieh subsequently forms is dark violet in the case of galactose, dissolving in ethanol to a red-brown colour showing no absorption band, and yellowish red in the case of glucose dissolving in ethanol to a yellow-red colour which darkens and shows no band.”
§ The Detection of Galactose in Urine > Abstract
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Tollens (1896)
Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.
plain- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
- Checkable: passes — It can be checked against evidence.
- Load-bearing: fails — The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.
- Based: passes — The paper gives a reason why it holds.
Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it. It may state two separate claims as one.
- Not matched
The paper relies on this without support.
Galactosaemia or chronic galactosuria occurs mainly in infants and young children.
“The recognition of the condition known as galactosaemia or chronic galactosuria which occurs mainly in infanits and young children”
The paper relies on this without support.
Many patients with galactosaemia are infants of not more than a few weeks of age.
“Many of the patients with galactosaemia are infants ofnot more than a few weeks”
The paper relies on this without support.
The concentration of galactose in urine is not usually large and often does not exceed 0.5%.
“The concentration of galactose in the urine is not usually large, and often does not exceed 0-5 %.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Positive results with the mucic acid test can be obtained on much less than 100 ml of urine, but satisfactory results cannot be obtained on specimens from infants with galactosaemia.
“though positive results can be obtained on much less than 100 ml. of urine, it is impossible to get satisfactory results on the specimens obtainable from these infants.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The sugars tested (glucose, fructose, lactose, xylose, arabinose) are the sugars likely to be found in urine.
“of the sugars likely to be found in urine”
The paper relies on this without support.
o-Tolylhydrazine hydrochloride is readily available and keeps indefinitely.
“o-tolylhydrazine hydrochloride, which is readily available and keeps indefinitely”
The paper relies on this without support.
The need to decide whether a reducing substance in urine is galactose may arise in a hospital laboratory lacking chromatographic experience or equipment.
“Yet the need to decide if a reducing substance found in urine is galactose may arise in a hospital laboratory where the necessary ex- perience or equipment for chromatographic exami- nation is not available.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Diabetes mellitus must be considered in infants with a reducing substance in urine, so any galactose test must differentiate galactose from glucose.
“Diabetes mellitus, though also rare in infants, must of course also be con- sidered, and therefore any test for galactose must be able to differentiate this sugar quite clearly from glucose.”
Citations
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fowweather, F. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Fowweather, F. S.
- Venue
- Biochemical Journal
- Publisher
- Portland Press Ltd.
- Published
- 1953-11-01
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 718-720
- ISSN
- 0306-3283 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC1269387
- OpenAlex
- W2407180064
- Semantic Scholar
- 17999ab91c74e8157e47c06ec68f5112af1e88bf
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Biochemical Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics (clinical) › Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
- Keywords
- galactosemia, differential diagnosis, infants
- MeSH terms
- Galactose, Humans, Hydrazines, Urine
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