Hoe Cellulose acetate is made of ?

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Problem 8SA: Name three kinds of carbohydrates that can be built using only glucose monomers.
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Hoe Cellulose acetate is made of ?

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Cellulose is a complex polysaccharide that consists of 3000 units of glucose. The basic structural component of the cell wall of plants. It is non-digestible by man and the most abundant bipolymer on earth.

Cellulose is a structural protein in algae and plants. The fibers of cellulose are enmeshed in a matrix of polysaccharide to support the plant cell wall.

 

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