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The glycogen turnover rate in mackerel muscles

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Turnover rate of the glycogen glucose in the lateral trunk muscles and the liver was investigated in 14C-glucose injected mackerels, Scomber scombrus. High values were recorded for the red-muscle glycogen; the values were about 40 times lower in the white muscle and the liver. Results are discussed in relation to the assumed metabolic function of the red muscle in fishes.

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    Wittenberger, C. The glycogen turnover rate in mackerel muscles. Marine Biology 16, 279–280 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347750

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