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Humans can't digest cellulose.
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Can glycogen be digest?
Glycogen can be digested by humans. Chitin and Cellulose, also knows as fiber, can not be digested by humans.
What type of carbohydrate can only be digested by ruminants and not humans by?
cellulose which is present in grass can be digested by ruminants but cannot be digested by humans
What is the type of carbohydrates that can be digested by ruminants but not by humans?
Cellulose
What polysaccharide is found in plant cells and cannot be digested by humans?
Mostly it is the cellulose. It cannot be digested
What is found in the cell wall of plants cannot be digested by humans?
cellulose
Which of the following cannot be digested by humans-sucrose maltose cellulose or fructose?
Cellulose cannot be digested by humans.Cellulosecellulosehumans cannot digest cellulosecelluloseCelluloseCellulose (aka Fiber) can not be digested by humans because, we don't have the bacteria needed to break down cellulose. Sucrose, Maltose, and Fructose are all disaccharides (carbohydrates/sugars) and are all able to be broken down to glucose in the body.
What polysaccharide cannot be digested by humans?
Polysaccharide cannot be used as an energy source by humans because they are hard to break down. Enzymes find it difficult to break them down into glucose for the body to use as energy.
Which carbohydrate cannot be digested by humans and how does it help in digestive system?
cellulose. humans do not possess the enzymes necessary for its digestion.
Which can not be digested Sucrose maltose cellulose or fructose?
cellulose
What kind of polysaccharide cannot be digested by human beings?
Humans cannot break down cellulose because it contains beta glucose and the enzymes that humans have cannot break down beta glucose.
What carbohydrate that cannot be digested by human digestive enzymes?
Celulose. Some humans also cannot digest lactose aka someone who is lactose intolerant.
What glucose polymers cannot be digested by humans?
cellulose can not be digested by humans..because in human body there is no beta 1-4 glucosidase present.these beta glucosidase cleaves or degrade the glucosidic bond. though termites and cows can digest it and some symbiotic bacteria can digest it.
