TABLE 2.

Effects of leucine and high glucose on lactate and pyruvate

	Lactate	Pyruvate	Lactate/pyruvate ratio
Control (5 mmol/l glucose)	12 ± 2	1.1 ± 0.1	11 ± 2
Leucine (100 μmol/l)	29 ± 4*	1.4 ± 0.1*	21 ± 3*
Glucose (25 mmol/l)	30 ± 2*	1.7 ± 0.2*	18 ± 1.5*

Data are means ± SE (n = 5–6). Lactate and pyruvate are expressed as micromoles per milligram muscle.

*Significantly different from control at 5 mmol/l glucose (P < 0.05).