Question

Carbohydrate in the plants are stored in the form of
a)Glycogen
b)Starch
c)Glucose
d)Maltose

Answer 1

Answer:a)Glycogen

Explanation:Polysaccharides are synthesized by plants, animals, and humans to be stored for food, structural support, or metabolized for energy. Glycogen: Glycogen is the storage form of glucose in animals and humans which is analogous to the starch in plants. Glycogen is synthesized and stored mainly in the liver and the muscles.

Answer 2

• Glucose is stored in the form of glycogen in animals. The two main site of storage of glycogen is liver and muscles.
• The excess glucose is linked together as a multibranched polysaccharide to serve for long term energy reserve, Muscle glycogen is kept as an immediate resource of energy as and when required.
• As during exercising muscle glycogen is broken to glucose which via glycolysis produces energy for the exercise.