Combined administration of glucose precursors is more efficient than that of glucose itself in recovery from hypoglycemia

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 264-272

  Souza, Helenir M ^a   Borba Murad, Gláucia R ^a   Curi, Rui ^b   Galletto, Ricardo ^c   Bazotte, Roberto B ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gluconeogenesis; Glycemia; Hypoglycemia; Insulin; Recovery from hypoglycemia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCEROL; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0038637858     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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