Ko te cellulose, he polysaccharide i hangaia mai i ngā monomer glucose e honoa ana e ngā hononga β-1,4-glycosidic, koia te polymer waro tino nui o te Ao. E kitea nuitia ana i roto i ngā pakitara pūtau o ngā tipu, ā, e whakarato ana i te pakari o te hanganga, e āhei ai ngā rākau ki te eke ki ngā teitei nui me ngā rau ki te pupuri i tō rātou āhua. Ko te miro, te puna tūturu parakore o te cellulose, kei roto i te 90% o tēnei polymer, ko te rakau ia he 40-50% te cellulose, me te lignin me te hemicellulose. Ka whakaputa hoki ngā rimurimu me ētahi huakita i te cellulose, e whakawhānui ana i tōna tohatoha tūturu.

Ko te tango i te cellulose ko te wehewehe i a ia mai i ētahi atu wāhanga tipu. I roto i te umanga penupenu me te pepa, ka tukatukahia ngā maramara rakau mā te matū (mā te whakamahi i ngā sulfates, i ngā sulfites rānei) mā te huri ā-ringa rānei hei tango i te lignin me te wehe i ngā muka cellulose. Mō ngā tono parakore teitei, pērā i ngā hua rongoā me ngā hua kai, ka whakamahia ngā mahi purenga tāpiri pērā i te whakama me te maimoatanga whākōkī. Ko te nanocellulose, i ahu mai i te cellulose mā te hydrolysis waikawa, te fibrillation ā-ringa rānei, kua puta hei rauemi utu nui nā ōna āhuatanga ahurei i te nanoscale.

Nā te maha o ngā whakamahinga o te cellulose, ka whānuitia tōna whakamahinga puta noa i ngā ahumahi.te hanga pepa, ko ngā muka cellulose te rauemi mata matua, e whakarato ana i te kaha me te ngāwari ki ngā hua pepa. I roto i teumanga kakahu, ka mirohia te miro cellulose hei miro, ka whatuhia hei papanga, he mea utu nui mō tōna ngāwari ki te manawa me te whakamarie. I roto ingā tono kai, he muka kai te cellulose, e whakatairanga ana i te hauora o te nakunaku, ā, he whakamātotoru, he whakaū, he whakaemulsifier rānei i roto i ngā hua pēnei i te aihikirīmi me ngā ranu huamata.