A potato is a roundish tuber with a thin skin on it. Once the skin is removed inside there is a roundish white ball of starch, which is commonly called a potato. The potato is a root of a plant, it is the place where the plant stores food and water. My question is does a potato have cellulose anywhere in the potato itself, not the plant but the tuber root, the white ball of starch, the thing that everybody loves to bake and eat?
2006-08-12 17:52:43 · 5 answers · asked by jester 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
What you harvest of a potato plant is not the root, is the stem.
It is a subterranean stem modified for energy reservation.
And of course it has cellulose, it is what makes the structure of the parenchyma.
Also the skin is mostly cellulose.
2006-08-12 18:02:28 · answer #1 · answered by Transgénico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cellulose is a basic material of all plant cells. Like the cell membrane of animal cells. Cellulose is an ingredient in the barrier between cells, cell walls, So yes.
2006-08-13 01:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by Whitman Lam 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it does. The cellulose is what gives it structure and texture. If it had no cellulose it would be more like starch paste. From a dietary point of view, it has "roughage."
2006-08-13 00:58:56 · answer #3 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it does. I think most plants contains cellulose
2006-08-13 05:09:34 · answer #4 · answered by Papilio paris 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2006-08-13 03:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by denver_stadium16 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋