Is Glycogen a Conjugated Carbohydrate?
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The human body stores hundreds of grams of glycogen in the muscles and liver to be used as a quick energy reserve. However, a common question arises: is glycogen a conjugated carbohydrate, a complex molecule linked to a non-sugar component? The definitive answer clarifies that while structurally intricate, glycogen is fundamentally a polysaccharide, not a glycoconjugate in the strict biochemical sense.
