DeCS

Descriptor English:

Glycogen

Descriptor Spanish:

Glucógeno

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	glucógeno
Entry term(s)	glicógeno
Scope note:	Principio no nitrogenado, isómero con el almidón, que existe en el hígado, los músculos, el cartílago, los leucocitos, etc. Se forma en el hígado a expensas de los hidratos de carbono, y en este órgano se almacena, destinado a convertirse en azúcar a medida que las necesidades del organismo lo requieren. (Diccionario terminológico de ciencias médicas, Masson, 13a ed.)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Glicogênio

Descriptor French:

Glycogène

Tree number(s):

D05.750.078.562.388
D09.698.365.388

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006003

Scope note:

Annotation:

/metab consider also GLYCOGENOLYSIS or GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE and specifics

Allowable Qualifiers:

AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UL ultrastructure
UR urine

Registry Number:

9005-79-2

CAS Type 1 Name:

Glycogen

DeCS ID:

6145

Unique ID:

D006003

NLM Classification:

QU 83

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