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hyaluronate
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hyaluronate [‚hī·ə′lu̇r·ə‚nāt]
(biochemistry)
A salt or ester of hyaluronic acid.


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a pulmonologist who is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center and senior author of the paper, said: "Animals exposed to ozone produced and released high amounts of a sugar known as hyaluronan," "We found hyaluronan to be directly responsible for causing the airways to narrow and become irritated.
Among the biological materials that have been reviewed to be used as soft tissue implants for cosmetic surgery there are indictable like bovine collagen, fibril, Hyaluronan derivatives like Restylane, Hylaform and Juvederm.
It is mainly involved in the reparation of connective tissues such as cartilage, although there are other connective tissues which hyaluronan has been found to repair.
 
 
 
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