Insulin acts on glucose metabolism by
Correct Answer: | permeability of glucose across cell membrane against glucose gradient
Description: Insulin signals the cells of insulin-sensitive peripheral tissues, primarily skeletal muscle, to increase their uptake of glucose.Secondly, insulin acts on the liver to promote glycogenesis.Finally, insulin simultaneously inhibits glucagon secretion from pancreatic a-cells, thus signalling the liver to stop producing glucose glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis Ref: DM Vasudevan, 7th edition, page no: 165, 318, 323
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