Carcass glycogen as a potential source of glucose during short-term starvation.
In small rats deprived of food for 19h (or 43h), 36% (or 39%) of the glycogen that disappeared was lost from the carcass and 64% (or 61%) from liver. Carcass glycogen is potentially a substantial source of glucose during short-term starvation via the Cori cycle.
D000818:Animals; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D008112:Liver Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013217:Starvation / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
D008112:Liver Glycogen; D006003:Glycogen; D005947:Glucose