Which amino acid causes hypoglycemia?: (A) Phenylalanine, (B) Lysine, (C) Leucine, (D) Valine
Answer is C. Leucine (Leu) (L) is ketogenic.it will enter ketogenic pathway. So no glucose is formed.there would be hypocritical glycemiaRef: DM Vasudevan - Textbook of Biochemistry for Medical Students, 6th edition, page no: 200