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Cellulose

fibers, (medium)

Synonym(s):

Cellulose powder, Cotton linters

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CAS Number:
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
23151817
NACRES:
NA.56

biological source

(softwood tree pulp)

Quality Level

form

fibers

impurities

dark particles

color

white

particle size

(medium)

InChI

1S/C12H22O11/c13-1-3-5(15)6(16)9(19)12(22-3)23-10-4(2-14)21-11(20)8(18)7(10)17/h3-20H,1-2H2/t3?,4?,5?,6?,7?,8?,9?,10-,11?,12+/m1/s1

InChI key

GUBGYTABKSRVRQ-WFVLMXAXSA-N

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General description

Cellulose, a β-glucan insoluble in water is an important constituent of plant cell wall. It is a tough, fibrous polysaccharide, which has a linear chain of glucose residues, linked with β-1,4 bond. Plants produces this biopolymer abundantly.

Application

Cellulose (medium fibers) is used in metabolic pathway and carbohydrate applications. Cellulose has been used to study biofuel and biorefinery applications.
Cellulose has been used:
  • for biomass analysis in pyrolysis process
  • in column chromatography to purify organisms from uninfected erythrocytes and white cells
  • as a standard in fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) to study conformational characteristics of bacterial cellulose (BC) obtained from Hestrin-Schramm (HS) medium
  • as a control in diet-related animal studies to evaluate the hypocholesterolemic activity of botryosphaeran
High purity cellulose powders for partition chromatography.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Cellulose helps in maintaining the structural stability of plant cell walls. It is an important component of paper and fabrics made from cotton, and linen.

Other Notes

To gain a comprehensive understanding of our extensive range of Polysaccharides for your research, we encourage you to visit our Carbohydrates Category page.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Hypoglycemic and hypocholesterolemic effects of botryosphaeran from Botryosphaeria rhodina MAMB-05 in diabetes-induced and hyperlipidemia conditions in rats
Miranda-NC, et al.
Mycobiology, 39(3), 187-193 (2011)
Biopolymers: Biodegradable Alternatives to Traditional Plastics
Green Chemistry, 753-770 (2018)
Youngsang Ko et al.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 9(4) (2019-04-25)
In this paper, we report the fabrication of highly conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS)/cellulose nanofiber (CNF) nanocomposite paper with excellent flexibility through post-treatment with an organic solvent. The post-treated PEDOT:PSS/CNF porous nanocomposite papers showed a lower sulfur content, indicating the removal of
Comparative studies on the pyrolysis of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin based on combined kinetics
Yeo JY, et al.
Journal of the Energy Institute (2017)
Visualization of Cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei Moving on Crystalline Cellulose Using High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy
Test, 510, 169-182 (2012)

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