Metabolic fate of leucine: a significant sterol precursor in adipose tissue and muscle

Am J Physiol. 1974 Feb;226(2):411-8. doi: 10.1152/ajplegacy.1974.226.2.411.
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Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Carbon Dioxide / metabolism
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Chromatography, Thin Layer
  • Fatty Acids / biosynthesis
  • Glucose / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Insulin / pharmacology
  • Leucine / metabolism*
  • Lipids / biosynthesis
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Male
  • Muscles / metabolism*
  • Protein Biosynthesis
  • Rats
  • Sterols / biosynthesis*
  • Tritium

Substances

  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Fatty Acids
  • Insulin
  • Lipids
  • Sterols
  • Tritium
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Leucine
  • Glucose