A recent study published in Life Metabolism has uncovered a surprising new player in the body's ability to regulate blood sugar after eating. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and the ...

Scientists led by Karla Satchell, Ph.D., the Anne Stewart Youmans Professor of Microbiology at Northwestern University, have discovered previously unknown molecular mechanisms that help a type of food ...

Some supplements contain natural lectin blockers, such as N-acetyl glucosamine (NAG) and D-mannose, while others use synthetic compounds like polyphenols and sialic acid. It’s also important to ...

The biotech is developing two candidates, both of which target poly N-acetyl glucosamine (PNAG). The target is expressed by more than 75 pathogens, including antimicrobial-resistant microbes ...

Lots and lots of mucus. That mucus is formed of big glycoproteins known as mucins that have sugar molecules attached to them, such as N-acetylglucosamine and sialic acid, which help make the mucus ...

Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and ...

Using a Dietary Supplement Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have found that taking N-acetylglucosamine, a simple sugar compound that can be used as a dietary supplement ...

The Ordinary has just launched a new exfoliating toner - one that bypasses skin acids as its hero ingredient and instead uses the power of N-Acetyl Glucosamine (NAG) to promote surface exfoliation.

Sometimes that means just doing the experiment.” A glycoside hydrolase, O-GlcNAcase, aka OGA, removes N-acetylglucosamine moieties post-translationally bound to the hydroxyl groups of serine and ...