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Human cannot use cellulose as food- Why ?

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Human cannot use cellulose as food because our digestive system do not contain the necessary enzymes such as glycosidases (or) cellulases that can hydrolyse the cellulose. But animals contain cellulose enzyme in their digestive system and they can digest cellulose. So cellulose can used as food for animals but not for human.
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