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International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus, 4th Ed., Excerpt #68: Regulation of Glucose Metabolism in Liver Part 4 of 11

Gluconeogenic pathways: Gluconeogenesis is the synthesis of glucose from three carbon precursors such as alanine, pyruvate, lactate, and glycerol and is essentially a reversal of glycolysis. Under normal conditions, 90% of gluconeogenesis occurs in liver, and the rest occurs mainly in the renal cortex. Other sites of gluconeogenesis, such as the small intestine have been suggested but remain controversial.

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