glycosamine

[gli-ko´sah-mēn]

an amino sugar.

References in periodicals archive ?

The polysaccharide backbone of chitosan is structurally similar to glycosamine, which is the major component of the extracellular matrix of bone and cartilage.

Electrophoretic deposition of chitosan in different alcohols

In conclusion, this study showed that intraarticular glycosamine and intraarticular hyaluronate have a role in slowing the progression of the degenerative process and protecting the cartilage surface during the early stages of osteoarthtritis.

Chondroprotective effect of N-acetylglucosamine and hyaluronate in early stages of osteoarthritis: an experimental study in rabbits

The values for chitosan can be explained by its high charge density, one positive charge for each glycosamine unit (Craveiro et al., 1999).

Physiological and physico-chemical characterization of dietary fibre from the green seaweed Ulva fasciata Delile/Caracterizacao fisiologica e fisico-quimica da fibra alimentar da macroalga marinha verde Ulva fasciata Delile

I treat myself like the horses, pump myself full of glycosamine when it hurts.

JOHN RYAN'S EXPRESS; Peter Thomas meets a once struggling Newmarket trainer for whom the tide has well and truly turned this season

The exclusion criteria included surgery, or any invasive procedure of the affected knee, physical therapy in the last month for knee problems, use of controlled medication or derivatives of glycosamine, and hormonal anti-inflammatory.

Pulsed short wave effect in pain and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis

The mucine from the shoats milked by female pigs presented more fucose and glycosamine and less sulphate, thus considered more mature than the mucines from animals artificially milked.

Intestinal ascending colon morphometrics in rats submitted to severe protein malnutrition/Morfometria de la pared intestinal del colon ascendente de ratas sometidas a desnutricion proteica severa)

The other is N-acetyl glycosamine. It inhibits the tyrosinase enzyme that produces melanin, but it does not work as well as hydroquinone.

What's new in cosmetic R&D: new ingredients, new products and, of course, a few new problems keep cosmetic chemists active at the bench