Two groups of adult male rats 8 weeks old were fed a 10 p. 100 protein (casein) diet with or without 2 p. 100 methionine. After 8 rats in each group were killed at 10 a.m. on experimental days 1, 2, 4, 8 and 21, we studied the profiles of plasma non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and of the hepatic activities of pyruvate kinase (PK), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), glucose-6-phosphate...
