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Synonyms for glycogen

Grammar : Noun
Spell : glahy-kuh-juh n, -jen
Phonetic Transcription : ˈglaɪ kə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn

Top 10 synonyms for glycogen
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Définition of glycogen

Origin :
  • starch-like substance found in the liver and animal tissue, 1860, from French glycogène, "sugar-producer," from Greek glykys "sweet" (see glucose) + French -gène (see -gen). Coined in 1848 by French physiologist Claude Bernard (1813-1878).
  • As in starch : noun complex carbohydrate
  • As in carbohydrate : noun organic compound composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
Example sentences :
  • It may also be used for the recognition of glycogen in secretions.
  • Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich
  • How glycogen is transformed into sugar within the organism is unknown.
  • Extract from : « Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex » by Samuel Leopold Schenk
  • There is a limit to the ability of the liver to change sugar into glycogen.
  • Extract from : « Physiology » by Ernest G. Martin
  • Maltose is absorbed and assimilated, converted into glycogen.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • Thus we have animal starch, or glycogen, stored up in the liver.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Physiology » by Albert F. Blaisdell
  • Flesh contains no starch or sugar, but a small quantity of glycogen.
  • Extract from : « The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition » by A. W. Duncan
  • In such subjects also there may be an increased conversion of the glycogen of the blood into sugar under the same conditions.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • The glycogen found in yeasts is identical with that found in animal tissues.
  • Extract from : « The Chemistry of Plant Life » by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
  • Some of the sugars, for instance, the liver turns into a kind of animal starch (glycogen), which it stores away in its own cells.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
  • There exists also in the liver and muscles a non-nitrogenous substance, glycogen, which is detected also in other organs.
  • Extract from : « Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex » by Samuel Leopold Schenk
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