Chondroitin sulfate powder raw material market

Chondroitin sulfate powder is a kind of mucopolysaccharide extracted from animal cartilage, generally containing about 50-70 disaccharide units, is one of the components of connective tissue matrix, is a cogroup of glycoprotein. Chondroitin sulfate can draw water into proteogcan molecules, making cartilage thick and spongy, and increase the amount of synovial fluid in the joint, thus easing the impact and friction of movement. It is rich in sticky polysaccharides, can rebuild joint cartilage, cartilage degradation is very helpful.

Cartilage in animal and human body is composed of chondrocytes and intercellular substance (matrix and fiber). The main component of the matrix is chondromucin, which is composed of chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronic acid and protein. When the cartilage is impacted, it can be deformed instantly to reduce the impact force. With the increase of age, the human body's ability to synthesize chondroitin decreases, resulting in reduced cartilage elasticity, which is easy to cause osteoarthritis and other diseases. Chondroitin sulfate can directly supplement the cartilage matrix components, alleviate the degradation of cartilage components, promote the metabolism of chondrocytes, reduce rheumatism, arthritis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, low back pain and other diseases.

Chondroitin sulfate is widely found in animal cartilage, monkey bone, bone tendon and other tissues, among which the finished content of chondroitin sulfate in animal cartilage such as cattle, ducks, fish can reach 85%, 90%, 95% or more. China's cattle, pigs, poultry and other animals in the forefront of the world, fisheries are also very developed, so China is a major producer of chondroitin sulfate raw materials, according to the data of the Mi Intranet, in 2012 China's chondroitin sulfate raw materials production has reached 6,000 tons, accounting for about 80% of the world demand.