KROK 1 2014 – Question 64 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Prolonged fasting causes hypoglycemia which is amplified by alcohol consumption, as the following process is inhibited:
- A. Proteolysis
- B. Lipolysis
- C. Glycolysis
- D. Glycogenolysis
- E. Gluconeogenesis
Hint
Ask how ethanol oxidation changes the NADH/NAD⁺ ratio in the liver, and which fasting-time pathway of glucose supply is sensitive to that change.
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