Biochemistry - Carbohydrate - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Carbohydrate - Section 1 (Q.No. 3)
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Humans are unable to digest
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Yeet said:
5 years ago
What? What does this even mean?
Ahmad said:
6 years ago
Nice! @Vipinvinny and @tamrat! You had exposed out what is actually in my mind.
Tamrat said:
8 years ago
The enzyme present in human is @ (alpha) amylase which is specific to digest alpha 1-4 linkage, but the linkage in cellulose polysaccharide is Beta 1-4 linkage.
Kennedy ochieng wasonga. said:
9 years ago
Even though cellulose cannot be digested by human beings due to the absence of cellulase enzyme in GIT, system there is lumbricoid which act upon them.
Suadkhadija said:
9 years ago
Cellulose has beta 1-4 bonds between glucose molecule in humans there is no presence of beta 1-4 glucosidase enzyme which acts on such bonds.
JOSEPHY NKHATA said:
9 years ago
Humans have no enzymes that can digest cellulose. Only animals like cows can digest cause they have cellulase enzyme.
Andrew said:
9 years ago
Cellulose are made up of beta glucose and human being have an alpha amylase.
Potien said:
10 years ago
It's just because, human body lacks cellulose enzymes to digest cellulose as the animals do!
Secondary, human's lack the four chambers as the animals do. Like cows this digestion is facilitated by those chambers.
Secondary, human's lack the four chambers as the animals do. Like cows this digestion is facilitated by those chambers.
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Ninad baheti said:
10 years ago
Cellulose is present in plants. So we can't digest the cellulose.
Dyan said:
1 decade ago
Human does not have the enzyme cellulose, so we can't digest cellulose.
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