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what is ligin ? what is cutin

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Answered by LUCKYM3210
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Answer:Hope It Helps--

Explanation:

Cutin is a waxy substance on plant surfaces that tends to make the surface waterproof and can protect leaves from dehydration and disease. ... Suberin is a wax like fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells. On alkaline hydrolysis it yields chiefly suberic acid.

Answered by xcristianox
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⇒ Chitin is structural polysacharide made from chains of modified glucose.

⇒ Chitin is found in the exoskeletons of insects, the cell walls of fungi, and certain hard structures in invertebrates and fish.

⇒ In terms of abundance, chitin is second to only cellulose. In the biosphere, over 1 billion tons of chitin are synthesized each year by organisms.

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