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animal starch

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animal starch
n.
See glycogen.

animal starch
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) a less common name for glycogen
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Noun1.animal starch - one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body
polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules


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Representatives of these are amylum and animal starch.
Representatives of these are amylum and animal starch.
 
 
 
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