Studies on carbohydrate metabolism in experimemtal fatty liver (III) With special reference to metabolism of glucose or xylitol

Abstract

In choline-deficient fatty liver, oxidation of xylitol or glucose and its participation in glycogenesis dropped in parallel with development of fatty liver, while the mechanism of emitting liver TG was rather in promoted state at the initial stage, and decreased thereafter, which suggests that the administration of xylitol or glucose may favour glycogenesis and maintenance of energy metabolism and, moreover, it may play some role in the maintenance of mechanism of emitting liver TG.