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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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- Polyanhydroglucuronic Acid
- alpha-Cellulose
- Acid, Polyanhydroglucuronic
- alpha Cellulose
- Alphacel
- Avicel
- Heweten
- Rayophane
- Sulfite Cellulose
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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- National Library of Medicine. Cellulose. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002482. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002482
- Cellulose. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose
- Cellulose. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80294