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Summary
Glucose metabolism and various forms of it in the process.
- Glucose-containing compounds are digested and taken up by the body in the intestines, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/starch" class="extiw" title="en:starch">starch</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/glycogen" class="extiw" title="en:glycogen">glycogen</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/disaccharide" class="extiw" title="en:disaccharide">disaccharides</a> and as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/monosaccharide" class="extiw" title="en:monosaccharide">monosaccharide</a>.
- Glucose is stored in mainly the liver and muscles as glycogen.
- It is distributed and utilized in tissues as free glucose.
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current | 21:40, 5 January 2017 | 1,390 × 1,080 (1.36 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Glucose metabolism and various forms of it in the process. <ul><li>Glucose-containing compounds are digested and taken up by the body in the intestines, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/starch" class="extiw" title="en:starch">starch</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/glycogen" class="extiw" title="en:glycogen">glycogen</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/disaccharide" class="extiw" title="en:disaccharide">disaccharides</a> and as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/monosaccharide" class="extiw" title="en:monosaccharide">monosaccharide</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>Glucose is stored in mainly the liver and muscles as glycogen.</li></ul> <ul><li>It is distributed and utilized in tissues as free glucose.</li></ul> <p>To discuss image, please see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Human_body_diagrams" title="Template talk:Human body diagrams">Template talk:Human body diagrams</a></p> |
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