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Definition of glycogen

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Glycogen (n.) 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..

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Glycogenic :: Glycogenic (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver..

Paralbumin :: Paralbumin (n.) A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts and elsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance related to, if not identical with, glycogen..

Glycogeny :: Glycogeny (n.) Alt. of Glycogenesi.

Glycogen :: Glycogen (n.) 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..

Glucogenesis :: Glucogenesis (n.) Glycogenesis.

Glucogen :: Glucogen (n.) See Glycogen.

Glycogenesis :: Glycogenesis (n.) The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver..