LIPID MOBILIZATION IN OBESE PATIENTS WITHOUT CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE .1. LIPOLYSIS STIMULATED BY NOREPINEPHRINE

  • 1 January 1975
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 66  (3) , 337-347
Abstract
In obese patients with normal glucose tolerance norepinephrine-induced lipolysis in vivo was significantly higher as compared with a non-obese group. This was observed both during weight-related and constant norepinephrine infusion. In the obese group there was a discordant release of free fatty acids [FFA] and glycerol and a significantly lower quotient of FFA/glycerol than in controls. In obesity the re-esterification of FFA is probably increased.