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What does galactosamine mean?

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Noun
  1. (chemistry) an amino derivative of the sugar galactose; found in glycolipids and in mucopolysaccharides
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Fumitory also protects the liver against damage it sustains from toxic substances such as carbon tetrachloride, alcohol and galactosamine.
Glucosamine and galactosamine were abundant and common to all samples.
Medicinal properties include anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective activities against galactosamine, paracetamol intoxication, cancer therapy and anti HIV activity.
In this study, mice were administered galactosamine and endotoxin, chemical agents that are used to induce endotoxemia resulting in liver failure due to cell death.
As a result, it has been found that polyamino acids in which galactosamine has been introduced as a sugar residue have excellent properties.
Hepatocytes damaged by exposure to galactosamine, thiocetamide, and carbon tetrachloride were incubated with Picrorhiza constituents.

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