The effect of taurine supplementation on maintenance of blood glucose level during prolonged exercise

本研究首次阐明了补充牛磺酸对长时间运动最后阶段低血糖的抑制作用，并对疲劳时间的增加有强烈影响。有一种可能性是补充牛磺酸诱导了糖异生酶的激活，并在运动前为肝脏中的糖异生提供了一个可用的环境。还推测来源于骨骼肌的氨基酸可能作为底物参与肝脏糖异生。

In this study, it was first clarified that taurine supplementation inhibited hypoglycemia at the last phase of prolonged exercise and it strongly influenced increment of the exhaustion time. There was a possibility that taurine supplementation induced activation of gluconeogenic enzymes and supplied an available situation for gluconeogenesis in the liver before exercise. It was also speculated that amino acids derived from skeletal muscles might involve the hepatic gluconeogenesis as substrates.