THE METABOLISM OF ACETIC ACID, PROPIONIC ACID AND BUTYRIC ACID IN SHEEP

Abstract

Comparison of specific radioactivities of blood lactate and plasma glucose during the in- fusion of [14C]glucose or [14C]lactate indicated that about 6% of glucose was recycled through the glucose-lactate interconversion. Evidence from the relocation of 14C in glucose during the infusion of [6-_4C]glucose indicated about 10 % of recycling. 8. Negligible incorporation of glucose or lactate into liver or muscle glycogen was observed.