Meanings
nounphytoglycogen (countable and uncountable, plural phytoglycogens)
plural phytoglycogens
- countableuncountableA highly biocompatible polysaccharide extracted from plants, especially millet.
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.
2016 March 3, “Molecular Structure of Human-Liver Glycogen”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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