R G Vernon, S W Eaton, D G Walker
1. Measurements of the net synthesis of glucose plus glycogen from various precursors in slices of glycogen-depleted livers from rats at various stages of development indicated an increase in the gluconeogenic capacity after birth with l-lactate, oxaloacetate, a casein hydrolysate, l-serine, l-threonine, l-alanine and glycerol as substrates. 2. The highest rates of incorporation of (14)C-labelled precursors into glucose plus glycogen in slices of normal livers of rats of various ages were observed in such tissue preparations from neonatal animals for an amino acid mixture, l-alanine, l-serine and l-threonine...
December 1968: Biochemical Journal