GLUCOSAMINE
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Sameer VarmaStudent PharmacistSpring 2023
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HISTORY/BACKGROUND COMMON USES Glucosamine was first prepared in 1876 by a man named Georg Ledderhose by the hydrolysis of chitin with concentrated HCL. However, it was not fully discovered until the 1930” s where a man by the name of Walter Haworth was able to understand the stereochemistry of this molecule. Most glucosamine supplements are made by harvesting shells from shellfish and are made in the lab.
COMMON/SCIENTIFIC NAMES -GLUCOSAMINE HAS 2 SCIENTIFIC NAMESGLUCOSAMINE SULPHATE AND GLUCOSAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE.
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THE MOST COMMON USES OF GLUCOSAMINE SUPPLEMENTS ARE IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS THAT SUFFER FROM EITHER OSTEOARTHRITIS WHICH IS THE INFLAMMATION OF THE BREAKDOWN OF CARTILAGE OR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WHICH IS A CHRONIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE THAT MOSTLY AFFECTS THE JOINTS.
HOW IT WORKS IN THE BODY GLUCOSAMINE IS USED BY THE BODY NATURALLY TO MAKE CHEMICALS THAT BUILD TENDONS, LIGAMENTS, CARTILAGE, ETC. BY TAKING GLUCOSAMINE SUPPLEMENTS YOU HELP EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS AND THUS WILL ALLOW YOU TO PREVENT OR HELP THE BREAKDOWN OF CARTILAGE.
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