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cellulose
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
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cellulose A
polysaccharide of
glucose units which is not hydrolysed by mammalian digestive enzymes; the main component of plant cell walls. It is digested by the bacterial
enzyme cellulase, and only
ruminants and animals that have a large
caecum have an adequate population of intestinal bacteria to permit them to digest cellulose to any significant extent. There is little digestion of cellulose in the human large intestine; nevertheless, it serves a valuable purpose in providing bulk to the intestinal contents, and is one of the major components of
dietary fibre or
non‐starch polysaccharides.
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'Cellulose Insulation Saved My Life': Environmentally Friendly Product Retards Flames; Allows Homeowner To Escape Unharmed
PR Newswire; 10/10/1996; 700+ words
; ...Why? At least some of the credit goes to the cellulose insulation in the attic, which slowed the spread...I didn't think about fire at all when I chose cellulose -- I chose cellulose strictly because of it's superior R-value...
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Cellulose Synthesis in Phytophthora infestans Pathogenesis
Magazine article from: Plant Cell; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans has a cell wall composed mainly of cellulose. Cellulose synthesis in plants involves regulation of two groups of cellulose synthases (CesA), specific for primary and secondary cell wall formation...
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Cellulose Synthesis in Phytophthora infestans Is Required for Normal Appressorium Formation and Successful Infection of Potato(W)
Magazine article from: Plant Cell; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Cellulose, the important structuralcompound of...Here, wefunctionally characterize four cellulose synthase genes (CesA) in the oomycete...phylogenetic group most closely related to the cellulose synthases of cyanobacteria. Expression...
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Cellulose Ethanol is Ready to Go: Iogen Producing World's First Cellulose Ethanol Fuel.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 4/22/2004; 700+ words
; ...that it is producing the world's first cellulose ethanol fuel for commercial use. Cellulose ethanol is an ultra-low CO2 emission fuel...really can make a difference." Iogen's cellulose ethanol technology is a result of more than...
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The Cellulose Synthase Gene Superfamily and Biochemical Functions of Xylem-Specific Cellulose Synthase-Like Genes in Populus trichocarpa1[W][OA]
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Wood from forest trees modified for more cellulose or hemicelluloses could be a major feedstock...of the absolute transcript copy numbers of cellulose synthase superfamily genes, the cellulose synthase (CesA) and the hemicellulose...
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Interaction between Dietary Cellulose Content and Food Intake in Cats1,2
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...EXPANDED ABSTRACT KEY WORDS: * symposium * cellulose * cats * food intake Cats maintained...practice suggested (hat in cats, fibrous cellulose powder was more efficient in decreasing...carried out to compare the effects of cellulose on feed intake in cats and dogs. Additional...
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Three distinct rice cellulose synthase catalytic subunit genes required for cellulose synthesis in the secondary wall1
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...retrotransposon Tos17, correspond to Ces A (cellulose synthase catalytic subunit) genes...almost identical among the three genes. Cellulose contents were dramatically decreased...these observations, the structure of a cellulose-synthesizing complex involved in the...
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Mechanical Behavior of Cellulose Microfibrils in Tension Wood, in Relation with Maturation Stress Generation
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT A change in cellulose lattice spacing can be detected during the release...from 1.033 nm for wood to 1.040 nm for algal cellulose, with an increasing order of lateral size of cellulose microfibrils so far reported. These lines of...
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Polymer composites with cellulose microfibrils.(Technical report)
Magazine article from: Polymer Engineering and Science; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...favorable effects on the environment. Cellulose microfibrils with diameters of 50-5000 nm have already been prepared [6-8]. Cellulose whiskers with a diameter of few nanometers...reinforcements in polymer matrices [7]. Cellulose microfibrils with micron and submicron...
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Rheological aspects of carboxymethyl cellulose acetate butyrate (CMCAB[TM]) in waterborne coatings.
Magazine article from: Paint & Coatings Industry; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...carboxymethylcellulose acetate butyrate (CMCAB[TM]) cellulose ester is the latest generation of mixed cellulose esters developed for use in aqueous coating...steep viscosity/solids relationship. Cellulose ester technology has been used in coatings...
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cellulose
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cellulose chief constituent of the cell walls of plants...polysaccharide. Raw cotton is composed of 91% pure cellulose; other important natural sources are flax, hemp, jute, straw, and wood. Cellulose has been used for the manufacture of paper...
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cellulose derivatives
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
cellulose derivatives A number of chemically modified forms of cellulose are used in food processing for their special properties...Carboxymethylcellulose, which is prepared from the pure cellulose of cotton or wood. It absorbs up to fifty times...
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cellulose, microcrystalline
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
cellulose, microcrystalline Partially hydrolysed cellulose used as a filler in slimming and other foods.
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methyl cellulose
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
methyl cellulose See cellulose .
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Cellulose
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
Cellulose Cellulose is the most abundant organic molecule in nature. It is a polysaccharide...plant cell walls. Along with several undigestible polysaccharides, cellulose constitutes the main part of dietary fiber. Specifically cellulose...
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