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glycogen
Glycogen is a 1-4 million dalton polysaccharide composed of glucose units in 1,4 and 1,6 glycosidic linkage. The 1,6 bonds produce branches at intervals of approximately 10 glucose units.
Staining properties:
1) stains reddish brown with iodine-stained wet mounts
2) generally dissolved with aqueous fixatives
General
glucan
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM cid=439117
Substructures
glucose (dextrose, D-glucose)