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What is glycogen ? How is it different from starch ?

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The carbohydrate which is stored in animal body is called glycogen . It is also known as animal starch. Starch is a polysaccharide which is stored in plants where as glycogen in stored in animals (liver, muscles and brain).
`to` Glycogen mainly resembles amylopectin of starch in structure but glycogen is more branched than amylopectin .
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