Name the unit of which cellulose polymer is made.
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Cellulose is made up of units of D-glucose or dextrose(an isomer of glucose) units. Unlike in other carbohydrates the D-glucose units are beta,1-4 linked and form straight chains, that is, without branching.
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The cellulose polymer is composed of Glucose. The glucose, in turn, is a result of the combination of “6 molecules of carbon, 12 molecules of oxygen and 6 molecules of oxygen”.
Cellulose is responsible for the development of cell walls in most plants. It is the fundamental unit of the cell wall of green plants.
The other substances that the plant wall is composed of are:
Cellulose
Hemicellulose
Pectin
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