What is glucosamine?
Glucosamine, found in many tissues and secretions, is the basic building block in the biosynthesis of compounds that require amino sugars. This makes glucosamine
essential to cell membranes, structural molecules, and, most importantly for joint
health, the proteoglycans which make up connective tissue.
The chemical structure of glucosamine can be found below.
To see a diagram of glucosamine’s synthesis pathway, please click here.
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