The Cory cycle is a pathway in which:

  1. lactate produced by anaerobic glycolysis (less amount of oxygen) in muscles
  2. lactate is transported to the liver and converted to glucose
  3. glucose returns to the muscles and metabolized back to lactate

Gluconeogenesis - Cory-cycle

Figure 1.  Lactate production and lactate shuttle

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