The effects of an oral glucose polymer on muscle glycogen resynthesis in standardbred horses
Davie, A.J.; Evans, D.L.; Hodgson, D.R.; Rose, R.J.
Journal of Nutrition 124(12 Suppl): 2740s-2741s
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3166 PMID: 7996284 Document Number: 437986
The effect of a glucose polymer on the rate of skeletal muscle glycogen resynthesis given orally after exercise was investigated. Whether glycogen resynthesis could be increased in the first 12 h after submaximal and maximal exercise was of particular interest. Treatment with glucose polymer (20% solution, 3 g/kg ) did not affect muscle glycogen resynthesis, although there was a significant difference in blood glucose and insulin concentrations after treatment. This suggests that the difference in blood glucose between treatments was insufficient to affect glycogen resynthesis or that blood glucose is not important in glycogen resynthesis in the horse.