Definition of glycosaminoglycan in English:
glycosaminoglycan
nounˌɡlʌɪkəʊsˌəmiːnə(ʊ)ˈɡlʌɪkanˌɡlīkōsəˌmēnōˈɡlīkən
another term for mucopolysaccharide
Example sentencesExamples
- Two other glycosaminoglycans, namely heparin and chondroitin sulfate B, were also studied with isothermal titration calorimetry.
- Heparin is a glycosaminoglycan whose major anticoagulant effect is accounted for by a pentasaccharide with a high affinity for antithrombin III.
- In the initial phase of these titrations the peptide was much in excess over the added glycosaminoglycan.
- Coumarin drugs, such as warfarin as well as the glycosaminoglycans, heparin and heparan sulfate, are useful as anticoagulants.
- This matrix consists of a network of structural and adhesive proteins embedded in a gel of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans.