Glucose turnover during pregnancy in anaesthetized post-absorptive rats.
During pregnancy the decline in blood [glucose] does not result from the increased distribution space of glucose. The absolute rate of glucose turnover increases in late pregnancy in parallel with the rise in the mass of the conceptus. Nevertheless, glucose turnover per kg body wt. is not increased in late pregnancy, since the lower blood [glucose] decreases glucose utilization by maternal tissues.
D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D001786:Blood Glucose; D005947:Glucose