GLUCOSE AND NON-GLUCOSE PORTIONS OF "BLOOD SUGAR" IN THE HEPATIC AND PORTAL VEINS OF THE DECAPITATE CAT AT DIFFERENT SUGAR LEVELS
- 31 July 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 109 (2) , 303-306
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1934.109.2.303
Abstract
In post-absorptive decapitate cats the glucose portion of "blood sugar" is generally significantly higher in hepatic than in portal blood, the av. difference being 28 mgm.% when the liver is supplied by portal blood only. Since these determinations were made while glycogen was being deposited in the liver, it is most unlikely that liver glycogen can come directly from glucose in the blood. The non-glucose fraction is fairly constant over a wide range of "blood sugar," being slightly higher immediately after decapitation and after asphyxia. There is no difference between hepatic and portal blood with respect to the non-glucose fraction.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: