Investigations of gestation-induced metabolic changes in the rat liver. I. Glycogen metabolism.
The activities of alpha-glucan-phosphorylase and phosphoglucomutase and the concentration of glycogen were measured in the liver of pregnant and non-pregnant rats. There were no significant differences between normal non-pregnant and pregnant animals nor was there any change of enzyme activities during pregnancy. Our results lend support to the idea that glycogen metabolism is not changed during normal pregnancy.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008433:Mathematics; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase / Q000032:analysis; D006005:Phosphorylases / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats
D006003:Glycogen; D006005:Phosphorylases; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase