C6288

Cellulose

fibers, (medium)

• Synonym(s): Cellulose powder, Cotton linters
• CAS Number: 9004-34-6
• EC Number: 232-674-9
• MDL number: MFCD00081512
• UNSPSC Code: 23151817
• NACRES: NA.56

Properties

• biological source: (softwood tree pulp)
• 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

Description

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.

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)