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. 1979 Aug 15;182(2):621–624. doi: 10.1042/bj1820621

The maximum activities of enzymes that are involved in substrate cycles in liver and muscle of obese mice.

E A Newsholme, K Brand, J Lang, J C Stanley, T Williams
PMCID: PMC1161346  PMID: 508304

Abstract

The maximum activities of some dehydrogenases and enzymes involved in substrate cycles are increased in both liver and muscle of obese mice. This suggests that endocrine control rather than maximum capacity of the activities of enzymes constituting such cycles is impaired in obese mice.

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