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glucosamine
(redirected from Glucosamine hydrochloride)

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glucosamine [′glü‚kōs·ə·mēn]
(biochemistry)
C6H13O5An amino sugar; the most abundant in nature, occurring in glycoproteins and chitin.


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One possibility is that the glucosamine hydrochloride used in GAIT doesn't work as well as the glucosamine sulfate used in most earlier studies (and found in most supplements).
One of the outcomes of the study showed that the response rate to the combination of glucosamine hydrochloride and chondroitin sulfate in those study participants with moderate to severe knee pain was 79.
Other studies indicate that the glucosamine sulfate that's found in most supplements works better than the glucosamine hydrochloride that was used in this study.
 
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