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Cellulose
Alphacel | Avicel | Heweten | Polyanhydroglucuronic Acid | Rayophane | Sulfite Cellulose | alpha-Cellulose | Acid, Polyanhydroglucuronic | alpha Cellulose
A polysaccharide with glucose units linked as in CELLOBIOSE. It is the chief constituent of plant fibers, cotton being the purest natural form of the substance. As a raw material, it forms the basis for many derivatives used in chromatography, ion exchange materials, explosives manufacturing, and pharmaceutical preparations. |
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