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Please help me compare the effects of the following in the carbohydrate and lipid metabolisms:
1. brain
2. insulin
3. glucagon

Thanks! :)

2007-03-11 23:31:36 · 2 answers · asked by MiG 1 in Science & Mathematics Medicine

2 answers

The brain relies solely on glucose metabolism, so it does not utilize fat as an energy source.

In general, insulin stimulates tissues to take up glucose and store it as fat if it is not used. In the liver, glucose is stored as glycogen.

In contrast, glucagon stimulates the liver to break down glycogen and release it into the body as glucose. Glucagon also stimulates breakdown and release of free fatty acids in order to be converted to glucose by tissues, thereby utilizing it as an energy source.

2007-03-12 06:28:49 · answer #1 · answered by citizen insane 5 · 0 0

techniques relies upon in particular on glucose for power . techniques contains a super kind of fat yet can not use it for power. Insulin breaks down sugar especially glucose to launch power for each cellular interior the physique. Insulin facilitates conversion of glucose into glycogen and to transform glucose into lipids as "saved" power in liver and muscle. Glucagon precisely has the outcomes opposite of insulin.

2016-12-18 11:35:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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