<prompt> All of the following are seen after 24 hours of fasting exceptLipolysisMuscle break downHepatic gluconeogenesisBlood glucose concentration is maintained  <response>: The muscle releases mainly alanine and glutamine of which alanine is taken up by liver and glutamine by kidneys Fig. 14.4. Liver removes the amino group and conves it to urea and the carbon skeleton is used for gluconeogenesis. Students should also refer glucose-alanine cycle, in Chapter 9, under gluconeogenesis Fig. 9.30. The brain predominantly takes up branched chain amino acids.Ref: DM Vasudevan, page no: 174 