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glycogen vs. glucose
glycogen vs. glucose: 's the difference?
Glycogen, (C6H10O5)n, is a white, tasteless polysaccharide similar to starch that stores carbohydrates in animals and is found in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts. Glucose, C6H12O6, is a sugar found naturally in fruit, animal tissue, and other natural substances.
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Biochemistry.
- a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5 ) 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.
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Biochemistry.
- a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form dextroglucose, or d-glucose occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form levoglucose, or l-glucose not naturally occurring.
- Also called starch syr·up [stahrch, , sur, -, uh, p, sir, -, uh, p]. a syrup containing dextrose, maltose, and dextrine, obtained by the incomplete hydrolysis of starch.