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The hormone that helps in the conversion of glucose to glycogen is :-
A
Bile acids
B
Adrenaline
C
insulin
D
Cortisone
Detailed Solution
After a meal, the blood glucose level rises. The pancreas then releases insulin.
Insulin promotes the uptake of glucose by liver and muscle cells and stimulates glycogenesis, i.e. the conversion of glucose into glycogen for storage. This lowers the blood glucose level.
Adrenaline and glucagon have the opposite effect (glycogenolysis, breaking glycogen into glucose). Cortisone, a glucocorticoid, raises blood sugar by gluconeogenesis. Bile acids are not hormones; they help in fat digestion.
So the hormone that helps in the conversion of glucose to glycogen is insulin.
Insulin promotes the uptake of glucose by liver and muscle cells and stimulates glycogenesis, i.e. the conversion of glucose into glycogen for storage. This lowers the blood glucose level.
Adrenaline and glucagon have the opposite effect (glycogenolysis, breaking glycogen into glucose). Cortisone, a glucocorticoid, raises blood sugar by gluconeogenesis. Bile acids are not hormones; they help in fat digestion.
So the hormone that helps in the conversion of glucose to glycogen is insulin.