[Glyconeogenesis in rat liver in thermal burns]

Processes of glyconeogenesis were increased in rats, subjected to burns. This was corroborated by activation of the glyconeogenesis key enzymes (phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase and fructose diphosphatase) as well as by the increased incorporation of 14C-amino acids into liver glycogen. The activation of glyconeogenesis had an adaptational importance under burns; it was directed towards the compensation of glycogen content in liver tissue and maintaining of sugar level in blood.