The metabolism of short-chain fatty acids in the sheep. 5. Some interrelationships in the metabolism of fatty acids and glucose by sheep-rumen epithelial tissue
- 1 January 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 65 (1) , 109-111
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0650109
Abstract
Butyrate lowered the uptake of propionate by sheep-rumen epithelium, and acetate lowered the uptake of butyrate. Ketone-body production from acetate was suppressed by propionate or glucose. Some acetate was produced when propionate and butyrate were metabolized together.Keywords
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