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THE CHEMISTRY OF SOME FOODS. 



CH. VII. 



Glycogen. The percentage of glycogen in fresh muscle 

 varies from 0*5 to i per cent., so that the total amount in 

 all the muscles of the body may be greater than in the liver. 

 The muscle glycogen decreases after muscular exercise, 

 but not so rapidly as that in the liver. 



The estimation of glycogen is described on p. 123. 



