glycogen

/glahy-kuh-juhn, -jen/US // ˈglaɪ kə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn //UK // (ˈɡlaɪkəʊdʒən, -dʒɛn) //

糖原,糖元,醣原,葡萄糖原

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Biochemistry.
- : a white, tasteless polysaccharide,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.

as instarch

Synonyms

as incarbohydrate

Synonyms

Anytime you eat a carb—whether that’s from fruit, bread, or potatoes—your body breaks it down into glucose and either uses it immediately for energy or stores it as glycogen.
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.

/glahy-kuh-juhn, -jen/US // ˈglaɪ kə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn //UK // (ˈɡlaɪkəʊdʒən, -dʒɛn) //

糖原,糖元,醣原,葡萄糖原

n.名词 noun

1
Biochemistry.
- : a white, tasteless polysaccharide,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.

as instarch

Synonyms

as incarbohydrate

Synonyms

Anytime you eat a carb—whether that’s from fruit, bread, or potatoes—your body breaks it down into glucose and either uses it immediately for energy or stores it as glycogen.
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.