As the primary dietary fiber, cellulose is an important source of carbon and energy to support the gut microbiota in maintaining homeostasis and function. Therefore, the quantity and quality of dietary fiber consumed by humans on a daily basis has the potential to impact health. Cellulase is a powerful enzyme with multiple health benefits. This enzyme helps degrade cellulose, which is critical for fiber digestion. Learn how our cellulase ingredient affects your digestive health.

What is Cellulose?

Cellulose is a macromolecular polysaccharide composed of glucose, which is the main component of plant cell walls. Cellulose is the most widely distributed and abundant polysaccharide in nature, accounting for more than 50% of the carbon content of the plant kingdom. Herbivores, in the case of cows, have a ruminant stomach with four chambers that can hold a large number of cellulose-digesting microorganisms. This helps to break down the grass and hay that make up an important part of their diet, thus enabling them to grow and become strong. Humans have a very limited ability to digest cellulose because they lack specific cellulase enzymes. However, cellulose plays a vital role in our nutritional health as a valuable dietary fiber. Therefore, we want to increase the fiber in our daily intake of vegetables, fruits by having enough cellulase.

The Role of Cellulose in Maintaining Gut Health

Cellulose is an important dietary fiber, can adsorb a large amount of water, increase the amount of feces, promote intestinal peristalsis, accelerate the excretion of feces, so that carcinogens in the intestinal tract to shorten the residence time, the role of the intestinal tract of the reduction of undesirable stimuli, so that you can prevent intestinal cancer occurs.

Dietary fiber is closely related to our health, long-term dietary fiber intake is insufficient, not only affect the function of the gastrointestinal tract, food digestion and absorption, but also through the impact of the intestinal microflora increase the risk of suffering from a variety of chronic diseases, and even malignant tumors.

Principle of Action of Cellulase

Cellulase is a type of digestive enzyme that involves a group of enzymes that act as biocatalysts in the breakdown of cellulose. The mechanism of action of cellulase involves three main groups of enzymes:

• Endoglucanases: breaks the β-1,4 glycosidic bond arbitrarily within the cellulase molecule.
• Exoglucanases: sequentially cleave the β-1,4 glycosidic bond from the non-reducing end of the fiber molecule to release the cellobiose molecule.
• β-glucosidases: breaks down cellobiose and other low molecular fiber dextrins to glucose.

These three enzymes co-exist and work in concert to accomplish the process of cellulose degradation. They work together to break down the complex structure of cellulose and convert it into glucose, which is used by organisms as an energy source.

Health Benefits of Cellulase

Based on the health benefits of dietary fiber, our Nutri-Echo Pro-Digestive Enzymes products are infused with an optimally sourced cellulase ingredient. Cellulase may improve health in the following ways:

• Cellulase can improve the decomposition of cellulose and hemicellulose, and at the same time, it can promote the dissolution of plant cell wall to dissolve more plant cell endosoluble matter and degrade indigestible macromolecule polysaccharide, protein and lipid into small molecule material which is beneficial for the digestion and absorption in animal's gastrointestinal tract.
• Cellulase preparation can activate the secretion of endogenous enzymes, supplement the shortage of endogenous enzymes, and adjust the endogenous enzymes to ensure the normal digestion and absorption function of animals, and play the role of disease prevention and growth promotion.
• Eliminate anti-nutritional factors and improve biological health. By reducing intestinal inflammation and promoting a healthy gut microbiota, cellulase-containing health foods may contribute to the overall anti-inflammatory effect.
• In addition to the direct degradation of cellulose, cellulase promotes its decomposition into low molecular compounds that can be easily digested and absorbed by animals, and other enzymes work together to improve the decomposition of nutrients in the human body to food and digestion.
• Cellulase also has the function of maintaining the morphological integrity of small intestinal villi and promoting the absorption of nutrients.

How to Obtain the Best Source of Cellulase?

At Nutri-Echo Wellness, we believe that true health comes from the inside out. As your trusted provider of innovative nutraceuticals, we are committed to providing you with the highest quality ingredients to support your progress toward optimal health. Cellulase is one of the ingredients that makes our Nutri-Echo Pro-Digestive Enzymes product unique. This formula contains the highly effective cellulase ingredient you need to help digest the dietary fiber in foods like fruits and vegetables, boosting your nutrient absorption and digestive health.