Phytoglycogen

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A highly biocompatible polysaccharide extracted from plants, especially millet. countable, uncountable

    "If the bond joining β particles together to form α particles was not more acid-labile than the glycosidic linkages holding glycogen together, then the single α-particle peak would decrease over time but remain monomodal, as is seen when phytoglycogen is acid-hydrolyzed."

Example

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"If the bond joining β particles together to form α particles was not more acid-labile than the glycosidic linkages holding glycogen together, then the single α-particle peak would decrease over time but remain monomodal, as is seen when phytoglycogen is acid-hydrolyzed."

Etymology

From phyto- + glycogen.

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