INFORMATION ON GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE

It’s important not to confuse glucosamine sulphate with other forms of glucosamine such as: glucosamine hydrochloride or N-acetyl-glucosamine. The latter are different chemicals and therefore have different actions on the body.

Glucosamine sulphate occurs naturally in the body as a sugar and is found in both the fluid that surrounds body cartilage as well as in the cartilage itself. Cartilage is the tissue that cushions the joints in our body.

The majority of studies are in agreement that Glucosamine sulphate is beneficial for arthritis sufferers and particularly those suffering from osteoarthritis. Studies have also shown that the greatest benefit of Glucosamine sulphate supplementation was to the knee joint.

There is some evidence that glucosamine sulfate may also be helpful for osteoarthritis of the hip or spine, and TMJ (arthritis of the temporomandibular joint in the jaw).

How it works:

Glucosamine is the fundamental natural building block for the health maintenance, repair and growth of cartilage. It does this by lubricating joints and helping cartilage retain water, as well as preventing cartilage breakdown, by inhibiting the overabundance of catabolic enzymes present in osteoarthritis.

Glucosamine sulphates mode of action is to accumulate in the living cells of articular cartilage, and to stimulate the local fusion of physiological-type proteoglycans. The proteoglycans are the essential substance of the cartilage that is able to resist mechanical load and is also elastic.

The sulphate component may further assist in providing the substances needed for cartilage building and repair.