Why is cellulose considered to be a complex carbohydrate?
1 Answer
Feb 2, 2018
Cellulose is a carb that has more than two units of sugar linked together and that s why it is considered to be a complex carbohydrate.
Explanation:
Cellulose is a polisacharide
Cellulose consists of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units a.k.a. monomers.
As seen on the picture below cellulose microfibrils are in a plant cell wall.