General description
Cellulose, a β-glucan insoluble in water[2] is an important constituent of plant cell wall. It is a tough, fibrous polysaccharide[3], which has a linear chain of glucose residues, linked with β-1,4 bond.[1] Plants produces this biopolymer abundantly.[2]
Application
Cellulose has been used:
• for biomass analysis in pyrolysis process[4]
• in column chromatography to purify organisms from uninfected erythrocytes and white cells[5]
• as a standard in fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) to study conformational characteristics of bacterial cellulose (BC) obtained from Hestrin-Schramm (HS) medium[6]
• as a control in diet-related animal studies to evaluate the hypocholesterolemic activity of botryosphaeran[7]
纤维素(中纤维)可用于代谢途径和碳水化合物应用。纤维素已被用于研究生物燃料和生物炼制应用。用于分配色谱法的高纯度纤维素粉。
包装
1 kg in poly drum
100, 250 g in poly bottle
Biochem/physiol Actions
Cellulose helps in maintaining the structural stability of plant cell walls. It is an important component of paper and fabrics made from cotton, and linen.[3]