FOOD CHEMISTRY
CARBOHYDRATES PROTEINS AND LIPIDS
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Question
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____ is a carbohydrate polymer that humans cannot digest and that make up cell walls of plants.
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Starch
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Cellulose
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Glucose
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Lactose
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Cellulose is the single most common biochemical compound in living things. It forms the cell walls of plants and certain algae. Like most other animals, humans cannot digest cellulose, but it makes up most of the crucial dietary fiber in the human diet.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cellulose. Cellulose molecules are long, unbranched chains of 1, 4-linked glucose units.
Detailed explanation-3: -Humans cannot digest cellulose because they lack the enzymes essential for breaking the beta-acetyl linkages.
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