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mucopolysaccharides

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  • noun Plural form of mucopolysaccharide.

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Examples

  • Trey is a beautiful 3 year old boy who suffers from an illness called MPS II or Hunter's Syndrome, a Lysosomal Storage Disease that inhibits the body's ability to break down and recycle specific mucopolysaccharides.

    September 21st, 2007 2007

  • He reached in to his thigh pocket and pulled out a plastic-covered gel disc, about five centimeters across, made from synthesized copies of local mucopolysaccharides.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • It may be involved in compounds similar to mucopolysaccharides glycosaminoglycans to form a “gluelike” substance in the bone matrix.

    The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991

  • It may be involved in compounds similar to mucopolysaccharides glycosaminoglycans to form a “gluelike” substance in the bone matrix.

    The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991

  • In the case of saliva, the polymers are proteins known as mucopolysaccharides.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Children with Sanfilippo Syndrome are born missing an enzyme that help break up used mucopolysaccharides -- long chains of sugar molecules -- called hepran sulfate.

    Iowa City Press-Citizen - Hawkeye Sports 2010

  • They also contain immune activating mucopolysaccharides and the antioxidant quercetin.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

  • Extensive research has shown that Type II collagen is lost progressively, along with mucopolysaccharides, in rheumatoid and osteoarthritis patients.

    NutraIngredients-USA RSS 2009

  • "The disease EPSM thus refers to the clinical syndrome of muscle disease, particularly rhabdomyolysis, with amylase-resistant, sarcolemmal inclusions of acid mucopolysaccharides evident on muscle biopsy sample," he said.

    TheHorse.com News 2009

  • Acid neutral mucopolysaccharides experimental muscle trichinelliasis

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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