What Are Glycosaminoglycans?

Glycosaminoglycan, once called mucopolysaccharide, amino polysaccharide and acid polysaccharide, is a kind of heteropolysaccharide, which mainly exists in connective tissues of higher animals and is also found in plants.

Glycosaminoglycan

According to the type of monosaccharide residues, the type of linkage between residues, and the number and position of sulfate groups, glycosaminoglycans can be divided into 5 main categories:
(1) Hyaluronic acid (HA)
(2) Chondroitin sulfate (CS)
(3) Dermatan sulfate (DS)
(4) Keratin sulfate (KS)
(5) Heparan sulfate and heparin (HP) [1]

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