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What is glycogen? How is it different from starch?



Answer -

Glycogen is a carbohydrate (polysaccharide). In animals,carbohydrates are stored as glycogen.

Starch is a carbohydrate consisting of two components −amylose (15 − 20%) and amylopectin (80 − 85%).

However, glycogen consists of only one component whosestructure is similar to amylopectin. Also, glycogen is more branched than amylopectin.

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