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  1. Cellulose - Wikipedia

    • Cellulose is a straight chain polymer. Unlike starch, no coiling or branching occurs and the molecule adopts an extended and rather stiff rod-like conformation, aided by the equatorial conformation of the glucose residues. See more

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    Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula (C 6H 10O 5) n, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units. Cellulose is an important s… See more

    History

    Cellulose was discovered in 1838 by the French chemist Anselme Payen, who isolated it from plant matter and determined its chemical formula. Cellulose was used to produce the first successful thermoplastic polymerSee more

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  1. Cellulose is a straight chain polymer. Unlike starch, no coiling or branching occurs and the molecule adopts an extended and rather stiff rod-like conformation, aided by the equatorial conformation of the glucose residues.

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    Cellulose is a linear polysaccharide polymer with many glucose monosaccharide units. The acetal linkage is beta which makes it different from starch. This peculiar difference in acetal linkages results in a major difference in digestibility in humans.

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    Dec 10, 2019 · Cellulose [ (C 6 H 10 O 5) n] is an organic compound and the most abundant biopolymer on Earth. It is a complex carbohydrate or polysaccharide consisting of hundreds to thousands of glucose molecules, …

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    Sep 21, 2024 · cellulose, a complex carbohydrate, or polysaccharide, consisting of 3,000 or more glucose units. Cellulose is the basic structural component of plant cell walls, comprising about 33 percent of all vegetable matter (90 …

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    May 13, 2019 · Cellulose (C6H10O5)n is one of the most ubiquitous organic polymers on the planet. It is a significant structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants, various forms of algae and oomycetes.

  8. Cellulose - Chemistry LibreTexts

    Polysaccharides are synthesized by plants, animals, and humans to be stored for food, structural support, or metabolized for energy. The major component in the rigid cell walls in plants is cellulose. Cellulose is a linear polysaccharide

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    Polysaccharides are very large polymers composed of tens to thousands of monosaccharides joined together by glycosidic linkages. The three most abundant polysaccharides are starch, glycogen, and cellulose.

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