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Ethnicity affects the postprandial regulation of glycogenolysis.
The American journal of physiology - 1 Nov 1999
Balasubramanyam A, McKay S, Nadkarni P, Rajan A S, Garza A, Pavlik V, Herd J A, Jahoor F, Reeds P J
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the effect of nutrient intake on glucose metabolism in normal Mexican-Americans (n = 6) and European-Americans (n = 6). Subjects were studied after an 18-h fast and after 5-6 h of ingestion of hourly meals that supplied 6.35 or 12.75 micromol glucose. kg(-1). min(-1). Endogenous glucose production (EGP), gluconeogenesis (GNG), and glycogenolysis (GLY) were estimated by mass isotopomer analysis...
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