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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000023.txt from 2004/08

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Re: Mineralization within cane tubules....
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 17:29:05 -0400


> From: herb fawcett [mailto:herbgosia@-----.net]

> Where is the controversy? Amylase in saliva breaks long chain
> starches into
> shorter chains and it converts some starches into soluble sugars. As they
> wash away, there is less and less cellulose(long chain
> indigestible starch)

The amount of cellulose & lignin remains the same; humans do not produce
cellulase.

Did you intend to say that the long-chain starches are contributing to the
mechanical rigidity? I've read a couple of PhD theses so far and that hasn't
come up (at least in my recollection).

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