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They both are edible because they come from plants and animals. While Chitin and Cellulose are edible, they are very hard to digest. But they are filled with dietary fibers so they will enhance bowel movements.
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Which polysaccharide is most similar to chitin?
Cellulose
What is a non digestible polysaccharide?
Chitin and cellulose are both polysaccharides. Chitin is sturctural form of glucose in insects, the exoskeleton. Cellulose is the structural form of glucose in plants. When you "snap" a piece of plant, the "snap" is the cellulose. Cellulose can not be broken down by the stomache. It gets pushed out through the excretory system. Cellulose is fiber.
What is An eukaryotic organism that has a cell wall that does not contain cellulose?
Fungi. It's cells have cell wall that didn't contain cellulose but chitin.
What organelle helps a plant stand up?
cellulose and chitin help plants stand straight up.
The chitin that makes up the exoskeleton of insects is made of a polymer of amino acids?
A chitin that makes up the exoskeleton of insects is not made out of a polymer of amino acids. Chitin is a nitrogen that contains polysaccharide.
What makes chitin edible?
Chitin is a polysaccharide (a polymer of certain types of sugar), and, in this case, is often used to form the exoskeletons of arthropods (such as insects and crustaceans). However, as with cellulose, humans do not possess the enzymes necessary to breakdown these polysaccharides. Thus, chitin and cellulose cannot be broken down by humans.
Polysaccharide that makes up cell walls of fungi?
Cellulose
What are plant cells walls mostly made of?
Plant cell walls are mostly made of chitin. Chitin is a derivative of glucose, and also makes up the exoskeletons of crustaceans and the internal shells of cephalopods.
How is chitin different then cellulose?
duplicate
Is chitin a structural component of plants?
No, chitin is a polysaccharide structural component of insects, fungi, and some algae. Plants use cellulose as their polysaccharide structural polymer.
What are some polysaccharides?
Cellulose; starch; chitin
Which polysaccharide is most similar to chitin?
Cellulose
What is the polymer of a carbohydrate?
Starch Cellulose, Glycogen and Chitin Polysaccharides and for the monomer is sugar
Example of polysaccharides?
Glycogen, starch, Cellulose and chitin
Nonliving material that makes up the cell walls of a plant cells?
cellulose. cellulose is not the material in ALL cell walls, just plant cells. It's chitin in fungi and peptidoglycan in bacteria.
What is a non digestible polysaccharide?
Chitin and cellulose are both polysaccharides. Chitin is sturctural form of glucose in insects, the exoskeleton. Cellulose is the structural form of glucose in plants. When you "snap" a piece of plant, the "snap" is the cellulose. Cellulose can not be broken down by the stomache. It gets pushed out through the excretory system. Cellulose is fiber.
How are the polymers cellulose and chitin similar?
Both are carbohydrates,Polysaccharides.
