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How many grams of glycogen are stored per one kilogram of the human body weight?
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∙ 15y ago
There is debate as to this answer. It is also hard to answer because glycogen is not stored evenly throughout the body, it is stored in the liver and the muscle tissue. Assuming a person has been eating plenty of food, namely carbs, and the glycogen levels are full most texts report the liver being able to hold 70-100 grams of glycogen and the muscles holding 200-400 grams of glycogen. The more muscles someone has and the more trained they are (athletes, etc) the more glycogen they can hold. If we say an average male is 80 kg and an average male has 350 grams of glycogen, then you have about 4.5 grams of glycogen per kg, but again it is not stored evenly so it is an unusual way of framing the question.
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The major storage sites for glycogen in the body are?
In the body the major storage sites for glycogen are the muscles and the liver. Glycogen is found in low concentration areas of the body.
Why does the body need to store glycogen and fat?
the pancreas secretes the hormone glucagon, pancreas as being the receptor in this case it detects the low blood sugar in the blood and thus secrets the hormone which increases the permeability of liver cells to glycogen, the metabolic reactions become faster, the coversion of stored glycogen to glucose becomes faster the blood enriched with glucose is transported to around the body wherever needed as if exercise going on then glucose to the muscles. If in case body needs stored glycogen for a flight/fight reaction then the hormone adreanaline is re;eased which does the same work but quite in an instant.
Glycogen is the form in which?
Glycogen is the form in which animals and humans store glucose. Plants on the other hand store their glucose as starch.
What percentage of carbohydrates make up a human cell?
Typically, less than one percent of adult body weight is carbohydrate.
When cells do not need energy when ATP is abundant Acetyl CoA can be converted to?
Glycogen first. 150 grams in Liver and 150 grams in muscles, aproximately. Then to Fat. Which is stored in body. Body has a very large resevre of Fat and as on today, obesity is one of the major problem for billions of people.
Is glycogen primarily stored in muscle tissue?
Glycogen is stored in muscle tissue and the liver.
How much glycogen does the average person store?
About 150 grams is stored in liver and about 150 grams is stored in muscles.
What type of protein is glycogen?
Glycogen is not a protein at all. As it does not content amine acid. It is a polymer of glucose and called animal 'starch'. It is stored in liver and some in muscles. About 300 grams of glycogen is stored at any given time.
The major storage sites for glycogen in the body are?
In the body the major storage sites for glycogen are the muscles and the liver. Glycogen is found in low concentration areas of the body.
What is the unit weight of the world?
grams or kilogram
Is grams the same as kilo grams?
A gram or a Kilogram are both units of weight. A Kilogram = 1,000 grams = 2.2 pounds (approx)
What is 750 grams of apples?
A gram is a unit of weight, one kilogram = 1000 grams. Thus 750 grams is 3/4 of a kilogram of apples.
Do grams weigh more then kilo grams?
A kilogram (Kg) is equivalent to 1 000 grams (g), so no, a gram does not weight more than a kilogram.
How do you spell kilogram?
The SI unit of mass or weight is the "kilogram", or 1000 grams (abbreviated kg).
What is the weight of human heart in gram or kilogram?
453 grams
A small rock weighs 1g. What is its weight in kilograms?
Gram and kilogram are units of mass, not of weight. Anyway, a kilogram is 1000 grams.
Would you express your weight in grams or kilograms?
If I weighed less than a kilogram I would of course express my weight in grams
