Talk:Hemicellulose

hemicellulose is a polysaccharide.--81.199.94.119 00:34, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I've read that this material is generally edible Is there a most structurally strong version that is human digestable I'd like to make a high calorie edible grass like narrow diameter sugarcane where the structural hemipolystarch is human digestable yet strong

any notes on high AMU hemipolystarches that are digestable is appreciated

hemicellulose solubility

Is hemicellulose soluble in water? 196.218.76.35 17:58, 28 October 2006 (retrieved)

They tend to be. (see HOCKETT, E. A. (2000) Barley. IN KULP, K. & PONTE JR, J. G. (Eds.) Handboek of Cereal Science and Technology. 2nd ed. New York, Marcel Dekker.) Scubafish (talk) 12:01, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"all cell walls" or just of plants?

Would mention of lignin also be appropriate? Paul foord 07:23, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]