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Energy metabolism

Glucose

The body's main metabolic fuel; its blood concentration reflects the balance between intake, hepatic production and tissue uptake, regulated by insulin.

Application contexts

  • Metabolism and nutrition
  • Cardiometabolic health

Matrices

  • Faeces
  • Breast milk
  • Tissues · muscle and liver
  • Serum or plasma
  • Urine

Related techniques

  • ¹H-NMR
  • Immunoturbidimetry