Glycogen: What It Is Function - Cleveland Clinic Glycogen is a form of glucose, a main source of energy that your body stores primarily in your liver and muscles Your body needs carbohydrates from the food you eat to form glucose and glycogen
Biochemistry, Glycogen - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf Glycogen is an extensively branched glucose polymer that animals use as an energy reserve It is the animal analog to starch Glycogen does not exist in plant tissue It is highly concentrated in the liver, although skeletal muscles contain the most glycogen by weight It is also present in lower levels in other tissues, such as the kidney, heart, and brain [1][2] The glucose residues within
Glycogen | Carbohydrate, Metabolism, Storage | Britannica Glycogen, white, amorphous, tasteless polysaccharide (C6H1005)n It is the principal form in which carbohydrate is stored in higher animals, occurring primarily in the liver and muscles