Glucose and long chain fatty acids are the major fuel sources supporting cardiac function; however, cardiac myocytes can utilize a variety of substrates for energy generation, and previous studies demonstrate the acetate is rapidly taken up and oxidized by the heart.
4) Is the β-cell similar or different from most tissues in term of metabolic activation, specifically whether it is primarily governed by a "push" (fuel substrate driven) process, rather than a "pull" mechanism secondary to enhanced activation of its major cellular function.
But that is apparently the price to pay for major fuel savings.
Diesel constitutes the major fuel utilized in ships.
Fatty acids are the major fuel during prolonged moderate intensity exercise.
suggesting a preference for carbohydrate as the major fuel source.
Glucose is the major fuel for the brain in humans on a balanced diet.
Glutamine is a major fuel of macrophages and other cells of the immune system (146, 219).
Glutamine (Gln) is a major fuel for the intestinal cell population.
Biomass serves as a major fuel source for > 50% of the world's population.
