The role of the kidney in blood glucose-level regulation was until recently underestimated. Renal gluconeogenesis, renal glucose uptake and tubular glucose reabsorption are the three ways of renal ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Experiments were carried out in eviscerated rats having intact kidneys to examine the effects on body glucose of some conditions known to ...

FR225654, a novel gluconeogenesis inhibitor, was isolated from the culture broth of Phoma sp. No. 00144 and purified by adsorptive resin and reverse-phase column chromatography. This compound is a ...

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Yale researchers investigating the mechanism of the diabetes drug metformin have now elucidated a model for the drug and how it functions to treat Type 2 diabetes. The research study was published in ...

Glucagon increases the production of glucose by increasing glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis in the liver, and by reducing glycogenesis and glycolysis. The release of glucagon in response to food ...