Biochemistry - Carbohydrate - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Carbohydrate - Section 1 (Q.No. 3)
3.
Humans are unable to digest
Discussion:
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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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Hema said:
1 decade ago
Generally for cellulose digestion we need cellulase enzyme. Human body does not contain cellulase enzyme. That is the reason why we can not eat grass but an cow does it, cow contains cellulase enzyme.
Abhiram Rao said:
1 decade ago
The human body lacks in the enzyme cellulase, which is essential to convert cellulose into simpler form. Hence the humans cannot digest cellulose, unlike plants which do possess the enzyme cellulase.
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.
Sop said:
1 decade ago
The body of a human does not have dna coding for enzymes that digest cellulose, these enzymes are found in animals that eat grass but not in humans.
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.
Vipinvinny said:
1 decade ago
The enzyme present in human is @(alpha) amylase which can not break Beta 1-4 linkage which is present in Cellulose.
Philip said:
1 decade ago
Yeah, our body do not have enzymes for digesting cellulose while other mammals does, i.e. Ruminants.
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