Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The formation or synthesis of glycogen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, the formation of glucose.
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- noun biochemistry The synthesis of
glycogen fromglucose
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the formation in animals of glycogen from glucose
- noun the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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KAPHA represents enzymes e.g. glycogen synthetase promoting processes such as glycogenesis, lipogenesis and also those which prevent or slow down break down of ATP.
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KAPHA represents enzymes e.g. glycogen synthetase promoting processes such as glycogenesis, lipogenesis and also those which prevent or slow down break down of ATP.
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KAPHA represents enzymes e.g. glycogen synthetase promoting processes such as glycogenesis, lipogenesis and also those which prevent or slow down break down of ATP.
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Cortisone acts as a physiological antagonist to insulin by decreasing glycogenesis (formation of glycogen) and promotes breakdown of lipids (lipolysis), and proteins, and mobilization of extrahepatic amino acids and ketone bodies.
Vytorin: Dis-Enhance-d | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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MANAGEMENT e) Liver: increased gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis and decrease in glycogenesis thus causing increase in blood sugar level
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