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glycogenolysis

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glycogenolysis (plural glycogenolyses)

(biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate

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Earl Sutherland explained in 1950, that the activity of phosphorylase was increased and thus glycogenolysis stimulated when liver slices were incubated with adrenalin and glucagon. Source: Internet

It stimulates glycogenolysis, in addition to the actions of glucagon. Source: Internet

Most of these are defensive or adaptive, tending to raise the blood sugar via glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis or provide alternative fuels. Source: Internet

Beta 2- adrenoceptors are receptors that regulate glycogenolysis, secret insulin and intramuscularly transport glucose that is used for cerebral and muscle activity. Source: Internet

The first source to which the body turns is glycogen (by glycogenolysis ). Source: Internet

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