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Write a note of glycogen.

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Glycogen is a polysaccharide stored in animal body. It is present in liver, muscles and brain. It is known as animal starch. It is a branched chain polymers of ` prop` - D - Glucose units. When body needs glucose, enzymes break glycogen into glucose.
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  • Glycogen is

    A
    structural polysaccharide
    B
    structurally similar to amylopectin but extensively branched
    C
    a polymer of beta -D glucose units
    D
    structurally very much similar to amylopectin
  • Glycogen is

    A
    3
    B
    5
    C
    2
    D
    4
  • Glycogen is

    A
    structurally very much similar to amylopectin
    B
    a polymer of `beta`-D glucose units
    C
    structurally similar to amylopectin but extensively branched.
    D
    a structural polysaccharide.
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