Novel application of glucosamine is to prepare medical agent for treating vertigo. It is used as food ingredients and additives, raw material for anti cancer and antibiotic drugs.
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General Description
• D-Glucosamine is an abundant monosaccharide amino sugar that acts as a building block in the synthesis of glycosylated proteins and lipids
• D-Glucosamine is the precursor at the start of the hexosamine pathway that is essential to the formation of common proteoglycans
• D-Glucosamine combines with chondroitin sulfate in cartilage and is found as a monomer in chitin
Application
• D-Glucosamine can be used as a biochemical standard or for cell stimulation along with glucose in cell culture
• It may be useful in the laboratory study of osteoarthritis and diabetes