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hyaluronic acid |
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hyaluronic acid /hy·al·uron·ic ac·id/ (hi?ah-ldbobr-ron´ik) a glycosaminoglycan found in lubricating proteoglycans of synovial fluid, vitreous humor, cartilage, blood vessels, skin, and the umbilical cord. It is a linear chain of about 2500 repeating disaccharide units.
hyaluronic acid (hī´ n a mucopolysaccharide that forms the gelatinous substance in the tissue spaces. Hyaluronic acid is the intercellular cementing substance found throughout the tissues of the body. hyaluronic acid a sulfate-free mucopolysaccharide in the intercellular substance of various tissues, especially the skin; also isolated from the vitreous humor, synovial fluid, umbilical cord, etc. Used therapeutically in degenerative joint disease and in solution as a tear film replacement. |
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Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2006 - (JCN) - Seikagaku, a Tokyo company specializing in the study of intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid, will begun conducting phase III clinical trials of Gel-200, a new hyaluronic acid gel for intra-articular injection in knee osteoarthritis patients, in the US in August. Typical applications include polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride, polyolefins, hyaluronic acid and many others. INCERT-S is part of a potential family of bioabsorbable, chemically modified hyaluronic acid (HA) therapies in development at Anika. |
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