Effects of acupuncture on the citrate and glucose metabolism in the liver under various types of stress

Journal Article · · Am. J. Clin. Med.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0192415X80000335· OSTI ID:5404272

Liao, Y Y; Seto, K; Saito, H; Kawakami, M

A study was made of the effect of acupuncture on citrate and glucose metabolism in the liver in terms of incorporation of /sup 14/C-1, 5-citric acid and /sup 14/C-u-glucose in some metabolites. The effect of acupuncture on citrate metabolism in the liver under control conditions was such as to increase production of G and reduce that of KB, FC and FFA. No effect of acupuncture on glucose metabolism in the liver under such conditions was observed. Both citrate and glucose metabolism were affected to a marked extent by immobilization stress or exposure to heat or cold. The deleterious effect of these types of stress was less prominent in animals receiving acupuncture at the Tsu-San-Li locus than in those treated otherwise or receiving no treatment.

• OSTI ID: 5404272
• Journal Information: Am. J. Clin. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. J. Clin. Med.; (United States) Vol. 8:4; ISSN AJCMA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ALDEHYDES
ANIMALS
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL STRESS
BODY
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CITRATES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
GLANDS
GLUCOSE
HEXOSES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
KINETICS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIVER
MAMMALS
METABOLISM
METABOLITES
MONOSACCHARIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
RABBITS
REACTION KINETICS
SACCHARIDES
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
VERTEBRATES