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Metabolism of glucose-1-C14 and glucose-6-C14 was studied in liver slices from control rats (fed at 25°C) and cold-fasted rats (fasted 24 hours at 0–2°C). Evidence is presented that suggests that carbohydrate metabolism is diverted towards the hexose monophosphate pathway in the liver of cold-fasted rats. The depressed hepatic fatty acid synthesis in the cold-fasted rat is discussed in the light of this new evidence on carbohydrate metabolism.
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