Descriptive exploration of hemicelluloses and their differentiating characteristics from cellulose, indicating their roles in plant structure.
THE term hemicellulose was first proposed by Schulze [1891] as a group name for substances entering into the composition of the cell membrane, which, though in some respects similar to cellulose, yet differ from it in being soluble in dilute alkalis and comparatively easily hydrolysed by dilute mineral acids, yielding pentoses in addition to hexoses.
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Norris et al. (1930) studied this question.