Which of the following is the chemical name of cotton?

🔑 Key Points
✳ Brief Description:
Cellulose is a polymeric polysaccharide and a homopolymer, crucial for maintaining the structural stability of plant cell walls.

✧ Details:
🌿 Cellulose:
→ Cellulose is made of only one type of monosaccharide.
→ It is a hard, water-insoluble fibre essential for plant cell walls.

🌱 Cotton:
→ Cotton fibres are obtained from plants and primarily made of cellulose (87–90%).
→ Cotton wool is used for filling mattresses, quilts, or pillows.
→ The fruits of the cotton plant are called cotton bolls, and fibres are separated from seeds by combing after being picked by hand.

📌 Additional Information
✔ Fibroin:
Fibroin is an insoluble protein found in silk made by insects like Bombyx mori larvae and other moth genera (Antheraea, Samia, Gonometa).

✔ Keratin:
Keratin is a protein naturally produced by humans, maintaining the strength and health of hair, skin, and nails.

✔ Polymer:
Polymers are large molecules with high molecular mass (10³–10⁷u). Their formation process is called polymerisation.