Cellulose

Alphacel; Avicel; Heweten; Polyanhydroglucuronic Acid; Rayophane; Sulfite Cellulose; alpha-Cellulose; Acid, Polyanhydroglucuronic; alpha Cellulose
A polysaccharide with glucose units linked as in CELLOBIOSE. It is the chief constituent of plant fibers, cotton being the purest natural form of the substance. As a raw material, it forms the basis for many derivatives used in chromatography, ion exchange materials, explosives manufacturing, and pharmaceutical preparations.