Is the small intestine a gluconeogenic organ?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 356-360

  Watford, Malcolm ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; GLYCOGEN; HEXOKINASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; TRACER;

DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; ISOTOPE LABELING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD;

EID: 26944450481     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2005.oct.356-360     Document Type: Review

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