The hormone that helps in the conversion of glucose into glycogen is:

Options

A. Cortisone
B. Bile acids
C. Adrenaline
D. Insulin

Answer

D

Explanation

Insulin, which is a peptide hormone, is secreted by pancrease that lower blood glucose level. It helps in the conversion of glucose into glycogen by the liver and skeletal muscle. It promotes anabolic processes and inhibits catabolic ones.
Its deficiency in human beings causes diabetes mellitus. Insulin isolated from of Langerhans or islet tissue of pancreas was the first hormone to be recognized as protein.