ON CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM IN ADRENALECTOMIZED ANIMALS

Abstract

Absorption of ingested sarco-lactic acid by adrenalcctomized rats in chronic insufficiency was slow, and the absorbed lactic acid was poorly used. The livers had lost the power of converting d-lactic acid readily into glycogen. Adrenalcctomized rats maintained with inorganic salts made somewhat better use of absorbed d-lactic acid, and adrenalcctomized rats maintained with an active adreno-charcoal adsorbate made excellent use of this compound. Neither salt nor charcoal permitted the normal conversion of endogenous protein into carbohydrate.