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Abstract
Heteropolysaccharides which contain an N-acetylated hexosamine in a characteristic repeating disaccharide unit. The repeating structure of each disaccharide involves alternate 1,4- and 1,3-linkages consisting of either N-acetylglucosamine (see ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE) or N-acetylgalactosamine (see ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE).
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- Glycosaminoglycan
- Mucopolysaccharides
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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polysaccharides; note X ref
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77(75); was see under MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES 1969-76; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES was heading 1963-92
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- Mucopolysaccharides (1966-1974)
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- National Library of Medicine. Glycosaminoglycans. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006025. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006025
- Glycosaminoglycans. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycosaminoglycan
- Glycosaminoglycans. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q407553