Rats enriched with odd-carbon fatty acids: maintenance of liver glycogen during starvation.
In young rats a diet containing triundecanoin as the major source of fat produces substantial enrichment of adipose tissue triglycerides with undecanoate and higher fatty acids with odd-numbered carbons. The terminal three-carbon residues arising from beta-oxidation of these acids are glucogenic and help to counteract the decreases in liver glycogen and serum glucose ordinarily induced by prolonged fasting.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose; D001835:Body Weight; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005215:Fasting; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008112:Liver Glycogen / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000032:analysis
D001786:Blood Glucose; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008112:Liver Glycogen; D014280:Triglycerides