[Temperature dependence of metabolic processes in perfused rat liver (author's transl)]

The temperature dependence of various metabolic processes (glycolysis, fructolysis, glycogenolysis, ketogenesis, CO2-production, oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate and gluconeogenesis) was studied in perfused rat livers. The processes measured differed with respect to their temperature dependence. Moreover, the sensitivity towards changes in temperature differed depending on the temperature range. Q10 values were found between 1,7 and 25 corresponding to values for activation energies between 38 and 216 kJoule/Mol.