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

Example Sentences

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animal starch

Thus we have animal starch, or glycogen, stored up in the liver.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

Extraction of the liver then revealed the presence in it of a form of starch, an animal starch, which Bernard called glycogen, the sugar-maker.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.

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

Glycogen is, on this account, called animal starch.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.

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

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.