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Give brief account of nature and structure of cellulose

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1. Cellulose is the major constituent of plant cell walls. Cotton is almost pure cellulose. On hydrolysis, cellulose yields D – glucose molecules 

2. Cellulose is a straight chain polysaccharide. The glucose molecules are linked by β (1, 4 -) glycoside bond. 

3. Structure of cellulose.

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