hemicellulose
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See also: hémicellulose
English
Etymology
From hemi- (“half”) + cellulose.
Noun
hemicellulose (plural hemicelluloses)
- (biochemistry) A mixture of several plant polysaccharides, of smaller molecular weight than cellulose, that are soluble in dilute alkali; they are involved in the manufacture of paper, and are used in the production of furfural and ethanol.
- 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 5, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
- The changes in texture that occur during ripening and cooking result from changes in the cell-wall materials, in particular the cement carbohydrates. One group is the hemicelluloses, which form strengthening cross-links between celluloses. They are built up from glucose and xylose sugars, and can be partly dissolved and removed from cell walls during cooking.
Translations
mixture of polysaccharides
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Further reading
hemicellulose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
