Question

Cellulose is a ________.

• A. Hexosan polysaccharide
• B. Pentosan polysaccharide
• C. Heptopolysaccharide
• D. Heteropolysaccharide.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Hexosan polysaccharide

Cellulose is homopolysaccharide that is a polysaccharide made up of a single repeating unit. And that repeating unit is the hexose sugar glucose. Heteropolysaccharides are polysaccharides of two or more repeating monosaccharides. Pentosan polysaccharide is a polysaccharide that consists of pentose sugar units, that is sugar molecules with 5 carbons, and heptosan are polysaccharides with heptose sugars i.e. sugars with 7 carbons.