Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 4, 46-51, January 1963
Copyright © 1963 by Lipid Research, Inc.
The effect of insulin on concentration of plasma glycerol
Jean Himms Hagen
Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg 3, Canada
Intravenous infusion of insulin into anesthetized rabbits causes a decrease in the concentration of plasma glycerol. Insulin does not alter the in vitro release of glycerol from mesenteric adipose tissue of fasting rabbits either in the presence or absence of glucose. Insulin increases the rate of disappearance of infused glycerol in vivo. Possible sites of insulin action to produce these effects are discussed.
Submitted on July 12, 1962
Accepted on August 30, 1962