FOOD CHEMISTRY
CARBOHYDRATES PROTEINS AND LIPIDS
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Question
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Which carbohydrate makes up the cell wall of plants
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starch
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chitin
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cellulose
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glycogen
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the cell walls of higher plants, the tensile fibers are made from the polysaccharide cellulose, the most abundant organic macromolecule on Earth, tightly linked into a network by cross-linking glycans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cellulose is a carbohydrate found in the cell wall of plants. The carbohydrate is a polysaccharide structure. Polysaccharide is made up of a long chain of several sugar units bonded together by chemical linkage. Polysaccharides examples are chitin, glycogen, cellulose, and starch.
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