[Pentosephosphate cycle metabolites as energy-supplying anti-ischemic agents].

A brief review of the experimental data on the energy-yielding effects of pentose-phosphate cycle metabolites is presented. The cardiotropic effects of NADP, fructose-1,6-diphosphate, fructose-6-phosphate, D-ribose and ribose-5-phosphate were analysed with relation to their influence on viability of the ischemic myocardium.