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Biomolecules — Chemistry STD 12 — Question

Tamilnadu BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12ChemistryBiomolecules3 Marks
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Human cannot use cellulose as food – Why?
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Answer

Human cannot use cellulose as food because our digestive systems do not contain the necessary enzymes such as glycosidases (or) cellulases that can hydrolyse the cellulose. But animals contain cellulose enzyme in their digestive system and they can digest cellulose. So cellulose can used as food for animals but not for human.

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