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phytoglycogen

phytoglycogen noun: a highly biocompatible polysaccharide extracted from plants, especially millet.

Noun

phytoglycogen (countable and uncountable, plural phytoglycogens)

  1. A highly biocompatible polysaccharide extracted from plants, especially millet.
    • If the bond joining β particles together to form α particles was not more acid-labile than the glycosidic linkages holding glycogen together, then the single α-particle peak would decrease over time but remain monomodal, as is seen when phytoglycogen is acid-hydrolyzed.2016 March 3, “Molecular Structure of Human-Liver Glycogen”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of phytoglycogen

pluralphytoglycogens

Origin of phytoglycogen

From phyto- + glycogen.

Questions about phytoglycogen

What does phytoglycogen mean?
Phytoglycogen means a highly biocompatible polysaccharide extracted from plants, especially millet.
What part of speech is phytoglycogen?
Phytoglycogen is a noun.
What is the plural of phytoglycogen?
The plural of phytoglycogen is phytoglycogens.

Words near phytoglycogen in the dictionary

  1. phytogeographically
  2. phytogeographies
  3. phytogeography
  4. phytoglucan
  5. phytoglucans
  6. phytoglycogen
  7. phytoglycogens
  8. phytoglyphic
  9. phytoglyphy
  10. phytognomy
  11. phytographer

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