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glycogen

[ glahy-kuh-juhn, -jen ]

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noun

, Biochemistry.

a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5 ) n , molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.

glycogen

/ -dʒɛn; ˌɡlaɪkəʊˈdʒɛnɪk; ˈɡlaɪkəʊdʒən /

a polysaccharide consisting of glucose units: the form in which carbohydrate is stored in the liver and muscles in man and animals. It can easily be hydrolysed to glucose Also calledanimal starch

glycogen

/ glī′kə-jən /

A polysaccharide stored in animal liver and muscle cells that is easily converted to glucose to meet metabolic energy requirements. Most of the carbohydrate energy stored in animal cells is in the form of glycogen.

First recorded in 1855–60; glyco- + -gen

Glycogen is also stored in the muscles, where it is oxidized to release energy when the muscles are exercised.

This blood is very rich in food materials, and from it the cells of the liver take out sugars to form glycogen.

These pass through the liver, where, as we have seen, sugar is taken from the blood and stored as glycogen.

Horse flesh is detected by testing for glycogen, which is present in it in larger quantities than in other meats.

There exists also in the liver and muscles a non-nitrogenous substance, glycogen, which is detected also in other organs.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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