Role of Cellulose for: 1. Plant Life:
Cellulose is a polysaccharide (a form of carbohydrate) that has a structural role in animals and plants. In plants, cellulose is the compound that gives rigidity to the cells. The bonds between each cellulose molecule are very strong, which makes cellulose very hard to break down.
Because there are so many plants in the world (think of all the flowers, trees, weeds, grasses, vines, and bushes), cellulose, which is found in every cell of every plant, is the most abundant organic compound on earth.
Most animals can’t digest cellulose because it is so hard to break down. Animals that eat only plants (herbivores) have special sacs in their digestive system to help break down cellulose.
Humans can’t digest cellulose either. (The proof is in the toilet the day after you eat corn, for example.) Because cellulose passes through your digestive tract virtually untouched, it helps maintain the health of your intestines. One way cellulose helps the intestines is that it clears materials from the intestinal walls, keeping them clear, which may help to prevent colon cancer. Cellulose is the fibre (orroughage) of which your cereal box says you need more.

Cellulose

* Put very simply, cellulose is the main carbohydrate that is found in living plants. It forms the structure of the plant cell wall; its basic function is to keep stems, stalks and trunks rigid. * Plants create cellulose from glucose, which is the simplest and most common form of carbohydrate found in a plant. It is formed by photosynthesis and is used for energy or it can be stored as starch to be used later. The cellulose is created by linking many simple units of glucose together to create a crisscross effect of long chains, forming long molecules of which are used to build the plant wall. * This criss-cross mesh effect formed by the molecules, give the