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Definition of Chondroitin
1. Noun. (biochemistry) Any of a range of mucopolysaccharides, derived from galactosamine and glucuronic acid, that occur in cartilage and bone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chondroitin
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Medical Definition of Chondroitin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chondroitin
Literary usage of Chondroitin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"CHITIN AND chondroitin. These polysaccharides which contain glucosamine as ...
chondroitin. chondroitin or chondroitin sulphuric acid, is contained in ..."
2. A Textbook of physiological chemistry by Olof Hammarsten (1906)
"chondroitin-sulphuric acid appears as a white amorphous powder, ... Acidified
solutions of alkali chondroitin-sulphates cause a precipitation when added to ..."
3. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"4.55 J The organic constituents of the cartilaginous matrix are essentially
represented by chondroitin-sulphuric acid as such, and its compounds with ..."
4. Biochemical Researches: Collected Reprints of Publications from the by William John Gies (1903)
"It has frequently been said that bone contains a trace of chondroitin sulphuric
... The precipitate of gelatin and chondroitin sulphuric acid is readily ..."