A VALUABLE article on recent work on cellulose, starch and glycogen, by Prof. H. Staudinger, has appeared in a recent issue of Die Naturwissenschaften (25, 673 ; 1937). The fact that cellulose ...

But most plant-derived bioplastics are made from starch, which has fewer bonds between its glucose building blocks than cellulose, meaning it is easier to break down into useful forms. Starch ...

That’s because it’s coated in an anti-caking agent, most likely cellulose (a starch found in plant wall cells). Anti-caking agents prevent shredded cheese from clumping, but they remove moisture.

A new review published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts highlights the latest advancements in using biomass-based macroporous scaffolds for wound healing. The study, led by Daqian Gao ...