glycogen
[glahy-kuh-juh n, -jen]
noun Biochemistry.
a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C6H10O5)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.
RELATED WORDS
carbohydrate, sugar, starch, lactose, glucose, cellulose, polysaccharide, galactose, monosaccharide, disaccharide, sucrose, maltose, fructose, dextrose, dextrin
Origin of glycogen
Also called animal starch.
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Historical Examples of glycogen
It may also be used for the recognition of glycogen in secretions.
Histology of the BloodPaul Ehrlich
How glycogen is transformed into sugar within the organism is unknown.
Schenk's Theory: The Determination of SexSamuel Leopold Schenk
There is a limit to the ability of the liver to change sugar into glycogen.
PhysiologyErnest G. Martin
Maltose is absorbed and assimilated, converted into glycogen.
Thus we have animal starch, or glycogen, stored up in the liver.
A Practical PhysiologyAlbert F. Blaisdell
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