During the somite stages of rat embryogenesis glucose metabolism was high. Its sharp decline with advancing age was associated with reduced lactate production. By comparison of 14CO2 evolution rates from I-14C and 6-14C-glucose the pentose shunt pathway was shown to be active.
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