EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL AND THE RELATION TO LIVER GLYCOGEN

Abstract

The effect of ethyl alcohol on the blood glucose level was observed on normal as well as fasting rabbits. Although normal animals did not exhibit a significant hypoglycemic response, severe hypoglycemia followed ethanol administration in fasting rabbits. Estimation of liver glycogen content revealed that the animals developing hypoglycemia also had a diminished liver glycogen, whereas a hypoglycemic response was absent in those animals where the liver glycogen was within normal limits.