N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine - Amerigo Scientific

- Overview
  - N-acetyl D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) is an aldohexose (2-acetamido-2-deoxyglucose) in which the hydroxyl group at position 2 is replaced by NHAc (Collins, 2006). N-acetyl D-glucosamine forms the exoskeletons of molluscs and insects as the building block of the polysaccharide chitin (Rudrapatnam, 2003). N-acetyl D-glucosamine is a key component of N- and O-linked glycans, present in glycolipids and the glycosaminoglycan hyaluronic acid (Fallacara, 2018). A recent study has suggested that N-acetyl D-glucosamine may have therapeutic potential for COVID-19 as it affects the spike protein-ACE2 receptor interaction during the infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus (Baysal, 2021).
    
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- Properties
  - Alternative Name
    
    2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose;GlcNAc
    
    CAS Number
    
    7512-17-6
    
    Molecular Formula
    
    C8H15NO6
    
    Molecular Weight
    
    221.21 g/mol
    
    MDL Number
    
    MFCD00061615
    
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- Reference
  - Collins (2006), Dictionary of Carbohydrates, Chapman&Hall, A8
    Rudrapatnam et al (2003) Chitin-The Undisputed Biomolecule of Great Potential, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 43(1), 61-87
    Fallacara et al (2018) "Hyaluronic Acid in the Third Millennium" Polymers, 10(7), 701
    Baysal et al (2021) Genetic Uniformity of a Specific Region in SARS-CoV-2 Genome and Repuposing of N-Acetyl-D- Glucosamine, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 30,