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Helga [31]
3 years ago
13

You can digest starch but you cannot digest ce11u1οse. why?

Biology
1 answer:
lawyer [7]3 years ago
8 0
<span>Cellulose is a lot stronger than starch. Starch is practically useless as a material, but celluose is strong enough to make fibers from, and hence rope, clothing, etc. Cellulose doesn't dissolve in water the way starch will, and doesn't break down as easily.
</span>Your body contains enzymes that break starch down into glucose to fuel your body. But we humans don't have enzymes that can break down cellulose.
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