N-acetylglucosamine: Production and applications

Marine Drugs

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2493-2516

  Chen, Jeen Kuan ^a   Shen, Chia Rui ^b   Liu, Chao Lin ^c  

^a CPC CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Chitin; N acetylglucosamine

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; COSMETIC; GLUCOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACID; ZANAMIVIR;

AMES TEST; ANUS DISEASE; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROHN DISEASE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; METASTASIS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARTIAL DRUG SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 77958026351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md8092493     Document Type: Review

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