CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM IN INTACT SKELETAL MUSCLE IN MAN DURING THE NIGHT 1

Abstract
Certain metabolic events occurring in resting skeletal muscle were studied intermittently over the hours 10 p.m. to 11 a.m., approximately, by measuring appropriate arterio-venous concentration differences and forearm blood flow in 3 normal men in the post-pradial state. There were patternless fluctuations in blood flow, O2 uptake, CO2 production and lactate production, but the range of values was generally within the variation previously found among a larger group of men who were fasted 16 hours.