What do animals generally store excess glucose as?
2 Answers
Oct 29, 2016
Glucose is generally stored as glycogen in animals and fungi.
Explanation:
Glucose is a monosaccharide while glycogen is a polysaccharide.
Oct 29, 2016
Glycogen is a polysaccharide that is the principal storage form of glucose in animals and human cells.
Explanation:
Glycogen is a multi branched biopolymers consisting of linear chains of glucose residues with further chains branching off every 8 to 12 glucoses or so.
In humans , glycogen is made and stored primarily in the cells of the liver and the muscles , hydrated with three or four parts of water.
Muscle glycogen is converted into glucose by muscle cells and liver glycogen converts glucose for use throughout the body including the central nervous station.
