animal starch

American  

noun

Biochemistry.

1. glycogen.

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animal starch British  

noun

1. a less common name for glycogen

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Etymology

Origin of animal starch

First recorded in 1855–60

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animal starch

This substance, extracted in the form of a white powder, is really an animal starch.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

Its cells also store up, “in the form of a kind of animal starch called glycogen,” excess of starchy or sugary food absorbed from the intestine during the digestion of a meal.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir

Glycogen, glī′kō-jen, n. animal starch, a substance first discovered by Claude Bernard in the human liver—when pure, a white, amorphous, tasteless powder, insoluble in alcohol.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

The human body contains a small amount of a substance called glycogen, which is an animal starch or sugar.

From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.

Glycogen, or "animal starch," is one of the most widely distributed reserve foods of the animal body; in fact, it is the only known form of carbohydrate-reserve in animal tissues.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred