1853 27 439 During their passage through the liver, however, they are converted into a new form of sugar, which has been termed ‘liver-sugar’.
1861 88 That liver sugar is..identical with the sugar of the grape.
1890 11 Apr. 228/1 The carbohydrates..are represented by sugar and starch in the vegetable, and by liver-sugar, glycogen, and muscle-sugar, inosite, in the animal kingdom.