BIOLOGY
CARBOHYDRATES
Question
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Starch
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Glycogen
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Cellulose
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Carbohydrates are produced as monosaccharides (glucose or fructose) in the process of photosynthesis. Glucose is stored as polysaccharide-starch in plants and glycogen in animals. The animals store glycogen in liver and muscles.
Detailed explanation-2: -In vertebrates it is stored mainly in the liver as a reserve of glucose for other tissues. In hepatocyte cells it is accumulated and mobilized according to blood glucose availability and to extrahepatic cells. Glycogen is also stored in muscles and fat cells.
Detailed explanation-3: -Carbohydrate can be stored as glycogen mainly in skeletal muscles or the liver; fat is manly stores as triacylglycerol in adipose tissue. With filled glycogen stores, glucose can be the substrate for de novo lipid synthesis and stored in adipocytes, muscles, or the liver and cause insulin resistance.
Detailed explanation-4: -Carbohydrates are stored in the form of starch in plants, while in animals, it is stored in the form of glycogen. Glycogen is made up of long polymer chains of glucose subunits bonded together by alpha acetal linkage.
Detailed explanation-5: -Glycogen is a polysaccharide of glucose. Animals use glycogen to store energy. It is stored in the liver and the muscles to be used when needed.