2-Deoxy-D-glucose, not mercaptoacetate, induces a reversible reduction of body temperature in male desert hamsters (Phodopus roborovskii).
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.11.011
Abstract: The initiation of torpor is supposed to be related to the availability of metabolic fuels. Studies on metabolic fuel inhibition of glucose by using 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG) or fatty acid by mercaptoacetate (MA) in heterothermic mammals… read more here.
Keywords: reduction; desert hamsters; deoxy glucose; desert ... See more keywords