Humans are unable to get metabolic energy from cellulose because:

A. cellulose contains very little chemical energy.
B. cellulose is not part of a normal diet.
C. cellulose digesting enzymes are absent from the human gut.
D. cellulose does not taste good.
E. cellulose is present in large quantities in the gut.


C

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