Because Glucose monomer exert more osmotic pressure with in the cell as compared to glycogen..hence glucose is stored in the form of glycogen.
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Glucose is a simple sugar that can be stored in the body as glycogen, a polysaccharide made up of multiple glucose molecules. Storing glucose in its monomeric form would not be efficient due to its high solubility and osmotic effect in cells. Converting glucose into glycogen allows for more stable and compact storage in the liver and muscles.
monomeric form is soluble and the polysaccharide form is insoluble. Monomeric would increase the cells osmolarity allowing water to enter and the cell might burst
Eergy is in glucose, but the body has to break it down into a 3 carbon pyrubate so it can be converted to ATP.
It has to go through a series of chemical reactions. The first is glycolysis, then the Kreb's cycle, then the electron transport chain before it can form all the ATP it is capable of forming.
glucose is stored in fat it is not stored as anything else other than glucose in fat. This is why people are fat because they take in too much glucose and it is not burned off through exercise so instead of the body wasting it, it stores it as fat
Glucose is stored in the liver and muscles in the form of glycogen. When blood sugar levels are high, excess glucose is converted to glycogen for storage. This stored glycogen can be broken down back into glucose when needed for energy.
Glucose in roots is stored in the form of starch. Starch is a polysaccharide composed of many glucose molecules linked together in a branched structure. Roots accumulate starch as a long-term energy reserve that can be broken down into glucose when needed for energy.
Monomeric refers to a molecule or compound that consists of a single unit. This unit is the simplest form of a particular substance, and it is not connected to other similar units to form a polymer.
Chemical energy is stored in form of bonds