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The organic macromolecule used for the long term energy storage in animals is triglyceride.
Starch
Carbohydrates function in short-term energy storage (such as sugar) and as intermediate-term energy storage (starch for plants and glycogen for animals). Fats and oils function in long-term energy storage. Fats yield 9.3 Kcal/gm, while carbohydrates yield 3.79 Kcal/gm. Fats thus store six times as much energy as glycogen.
Glycogen (made up the macromolecule carbohydrates)
Carbohydrates, such as starch in plants and glycogen in animals, are made of sugars like glucose and are the most direct form of energy. Lipids or fats are sort of long term storage and are only used for energy when carbohydrate reserves are depleted.
The organic macromolecule used for the long term energy storage in animals is triglyceride.
The organic macromolecule used for the long term energy storage in animals is triglyceride.
Fat is the long term energy storage medium for most animals. Glycogen is the short term storage medium. Glycerol is the backbone of triglycerides.
Fat.
Carbohydrates are used as an energy source for plants. They become crucial after a long hard winter where photosynthesis has not taken place. In this case, the plants rely on carbohydrate stores to provide the energy they need to produce new growth.
Starch provides long-term energy storage for plants. The energy for plants is stored in the sugar molecules. Starch can contain 500 to a few hundred thousand sugar molecules.
Starch
Maybe cellulite?
Glucagen.
Starch
Starch provides long-term energy storage for plants. The energy for plants is stored in the sugar molecules. Starch can contain 500 to a few hundred thousand sugar molecules.
Animals have molecules that can store energy for short term and long term periods of time. Animals use carbohydrates as short term storage and Lipids as long term storage.