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Glucagon
Energy supply
Glucagon is an important hormone involved in carbohydrate metabolism. Produced by the pancreas, it is released when the glucose level in the blood is low (hypoglycemia), causing the liver to convert stored glycogen into glucose and release it into the bloodstream. The action of glucagon is thus opposite to that of insulin, which instructs the body's cells to take in glucose from the blood in times of satiation.
When the body requires fatty acids as an energy source, because glucogen is no longer available, the hormone glucagon signals the breakdown of the triglycerides by hormone-sensitive lipase to release free fatty acids
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