chondroitin Biochem.
(kɒnˈdrəʊɪtɪn)
[f. chondroitic a. + -in.]
An organic substance, C18H27NO14, found in cartilage, together with sulphuric acid.
| 1895 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXVIII. 254 (heading) Chondroitin-sulphuric acid... This substance, originally named chondroitic acid, is an ethereal hydrogen sulphate, and has been found in certain forms of cartilage. 1907 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XCII. i. 369 Chondroitin-sulphuric acid..formulae for this substance..and for its hydrolysis products, chondroitin. 1925 P. A. Levene Hexosamines ii. i. 76 The presence of glucuronic acid in the chondroitin and mucoitin sulphuric acids was demonstrated. Ibid. 77 In chondroitin sulphuric acid, the sugar is chondrosamine and in mucoitin sulphuric acid it is chitosamine. 1944 [see prec.]. 1957 Sci. News XLV. 87 Chondroitin..has not yet been isolated from human tissue but has been found in bovine cornea. |