Glycogenolysis & Gluconeogenesis Is glycogenolysis and Gluconeogenesis is the same in the terms of product formed? This doubt arrived when I was attempting true & false and the question was _Glucocorticoids stimulate glycogenolysis, lipolysis and proteolysis_ The answer given was _false because "Glucocorticoids stimulate **gluconeogenesis** , lipolysis and proteolysis"_

Hello and welcome A learner,

**Glycogenolysis** is the breakdown of the molecule glycogen into glucose.

**Gluconeogenesis** is the metabolic process by which organisms produce glucose and other sugars from non-carbohydrate precursors.

These processes arrive at the same product (Glucose).

_Glucocorticoids_ stimulate the process of _Gluconeogenesis_ but not the process of _Glycogenolysis_.

To elaborate...

Glucocorticoids are steroid hormones that stimulate production of glucose in the liver via _Gluconeogenesis_. But Glucocorticoids are not involved in the pathway of _Glycogenolysis_.

Therefore: _Glucocorticoids **do not** stimulate glycogenolysis, lipolysis and proteolysis._

And the answer is _false_.