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Glycogen is the stored reserve of sugar in the body. It is converted into glucose if our muscles need to respire.

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Where does all of the sugar go in our bodies?

The sugar in humans is stored in monosaccharides called glycogen until our cells need it. Most of the glycogen in our bodies is stored in our liver and muscles.


What is the food stored by a plant in the form of sugar or starch?

Starch


What is the stored form of carbohydrate in animals?

Glycogen


What is the common form of carbohydrate?

glucose is the common form of simple sugar


What is the most common form of glucose in humans?

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How does sugar storage in sugar beets and sugar cane differ?

one is stored in the root and one is stored in the stem


Glucose is stored as this in a plant?

its stored as sugar


How are carbs stored in your body?

Carbohydrates (breads pasta sugar, etc) are converted to a form known as glycogen. This is stored mostly in the liver and slowly released into the blood as glucose as needed to keep the blood sugar within a certain range.


How energy comes form food?

We humans (as well as animals) get the energy we need from our food. This energy is stored in the food, in the form of chemical energy.


Glycogen and starch?

Are complex sugars that are stored. Glycogen is the way that sugar is stored in animals, starch is the way that sugar is stored in plants.


Why storage form of carbohydrates in plants is starch and glycogen in animals and humans?

This is because animals and human have Enzyme amylase that can convert starch in simple sugar that can be used by it's cell to release energy. plant doesn't have the enzyme that convert glycogen into a form that can be utilized by it's body cells


Does glucose store sugar?

Glucose is stored sugar.