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What is cutan ?

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What is cutan ?



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Insoluble, non-hydrolysable, aliphatic biopolymer of plant cuticles. It is very resistant to degradation and cant be destroyed throuhg simple hydrolisis. It is mainly found in CAM plants (drought adapted) and formed a hydrophic cuticle layer (aliphatic = hydrophobic, long alkanes and alkene, Cs and Hs)


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