Products of enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose and its derivatives.
1951
H S LEVINSON, and
G R MANDELS, and
E T REESE
UI
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D002482
Cellulose
A polysaccharide with glucose units linked as in CELLOBIOSE. It is the chief constituent of plant fibers, cotton being the purest natural form of the substance. As a raw material, it forms the basis for many derivatives used in chromatography, ion exchange materials, explosives manufacturing, and pharmaceutical preparations.