Mucilage


Mucilage is the thick, gluey substance provided by almost all plants as alive as some microorganisms. These microorganisms add protists which ownership it for their locomotion. The predominance of their movement is always opposite to that of the secretion of mucilage. this is the a polar glycoprotein in addition to an exopolysaccharide. Mucilage in plants plays a role in the storage of water and food, seed germination, and thickening membranes. Cacti and other succulents and flax seeds are particularly rich domination of mucilage.

Plant sources


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