GLYCOGEN
\ɡlˈa͡ɪkəd͡ʒən], \ɡlˈaɪkədʒən], \ɡ_l_ˈaɪ_k_ə_dʒ_ə_n]\
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one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body
By Princeton University
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A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.
By Oddity Software
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A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A compound carbohydrate discovered by Claude Bernard, having the same percentage composition as starch, occurring in the liver, in muscular tissue, in the placenta, and in great abundance in the embryonic tissues, especially in the early stages of development, before the liver is formed, also in new cartilage cells, and in leukocytes. Present in very small quantities in all animal tissues. It is converted by dilute acids and by amylolytic ferments into glucose.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
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