Table 5.

Plasma lactate, glucose, glycerol and free fatty acid (FFA) concentration at rest and during exercise in control and respiratory alkalosis

				Exercise
Metabolite	Condition	Pre-equilibration	Rest	5 min	10 min	14 min
Lactate	Con	ND	1.2 ± 0.1	2.8 ± 0.3*	3.6 ± 0.3*	3.7 ± 0.4*
	R-Alk	1.2 ± 0.1*	2.4 ± 0.4†	4.4 ± 0.6*†	5.1 ± 0.6*†	5.3 ± 0.5*†
Glucose	Con	ND	4.1 ± 0.2	3.8 ± 0.2	3.8 ± 0.1	3.9 ± 0.1
	R-Alk	4.1 ± 0.2	4.3 ± 0.2	4.2 ± 0.3	4.2 ± 0.3	4.2 ± 0.3
Glycerol	Con	ND	38.0 ± 4.9	36.4 ± 2.3	42.6 ± 7.1	30.8 ± 4.9
	R-Alk	27.8 ± 1.3	33.9 ± 6.0	47.1 ± 4.0	56.3 ± 4.7	49.7 ± 6.5
FFA	Con	ND	0.36 ± 0.07	0.38 ± 0.07	0.38 ± 0.07	0.40 ± 0.07
	R-Alk	0.38 ± 0.07	0.50 ± 0.05	0.47 ± 0.06	0.47 ± 0.08	0.55 ± 0.09

Values are means ±s.e.m.; glycerol is expressed in μm; all other measurements are expressed in mm. FFA, free fatty acid; ND, not determined.

^*Significant from rest

^†significant from control.