Glycogen is the stored form of glucose in the muscle and liver tissues. It is a complex molecule with hundreds of glucose units inside

Glycogen — Description

Glycogen is one of the ways our body stores excess amounts of glucose. The glycogen molecule is composed of hundreds of single activated glucose molecules, specific to the muscle and liver tissues (Figure 1).

Synthesis of glycogen

The glycogenesis stems from the glycolytic pathway and occurs within muscle and liver tissues initiated

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