Carboxymethyl cellulose(CMC)is a kind of cellulose derivative.CMC has wide applications,including food,daily chemicals,pharmaceutical industry and chemical industry,etc.In order to study the metabolism of CMC,the sodium carboxymethyl cellulose was labelled with 14C.The carboxymethyl cellulose was labelled with 14C by treatment with alkalized cellulose and 14C-