What is Chondroitin sulfate?

 Chondroitin sulfate is an acid mucopolysaccharide prepared from animal cartilage, mainly A mixture of it A, C and various chondrosulfuric acid. It is widely found in the cartilage, larynx and nasal bones of the animal, as well as in the bone tendon, ligament, skin, cornea and other tissues. In cartilage, it binds protein to proteoglycan and binds to collagen.

Chondroitin sulfate, one of five classes of glycosaminoglycans, has been widely used in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Chondroitin sulfate reduces inflammation mediators and the apoptotic process and is able to reduce protein production of inflammatory cytokines, iNOS and MMPs.

Properties

Chondroitin is white powder, odourless, tasteless, water imbibition is strong, easily soluble in water and the viscosity of the solution, insoluble in organic solvents such as ethanol, and ether, its salts of thermal stability, heated to 80 ℃ is not damaged. It aqueous solution, when high temperature or acid is unstable, mainly deacetylated or degraded into monosaccharide or a small amount of polysaccharide.

Product' Specification

Chondroitin has a large consumer, and here is some mainly use:

1. Prevention and treatment of hearing difficulties caused by various noises, tinnitus, etc.

2. Used in arthritis, such as eye drops, with pain, promote cartilage regeneration effect, to improve the senile degenerative arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, have certain effect, can improve joint problems.

3. Adjuvant therapy for chronic nephritis, chronic hepatitis, keratitis and corneal ulcer.