[Carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in swine skeletal muscle in the pre- and neonatal periods].

Studies have been made on the activity of hexokinase, phosphofructokinase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase and isocitrate dehydrogenase, as well as on the intensity of in vitro oxidation of [U-14C]-glucose and [U-14C]-palmitate (together with in vivo lipid synthesis from these compounds) in porcine skeletal muscles during pre- and postnatal periods of life. It was shown that active utilization of glucose in oxidative metabolism and lipid synthesis is possible during the transition from prenatal to neonatal period. The increase in the rate of oxidation of fatty acids in skeletal muscles of piglets, in contrast to other animals, does not inhibit carbohydrate utilization.