Chondroitin Sulfate : Structure, Role and Pharmacological Activity /

• Other Authors: Volpi, Nicola (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2006.
• Series: Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) ; v. 53.
• Subjects: Proteoglycans.; Glycosaminoglycans.; Dermatan sulfate.; Pharmacy > Research.; Chondroitin Sulfates.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biochemistry.; MATHEMATICS > Calculus.; MATHEMATICS > Mathematical Analysis.; Electronic books.

CS is an unbranched, polydisperse, complex glycosaminoglycan extracted and purified from various tissues. This polyanion is interacting with both plasma and cells, it is able to modulate many biochemical and physiologic processes. Due to the presence of sulfate groups in different amounts and locate...