CARTILSAMINA for Bones and Joints - 80 Capsule

Dietary Supplement based on Shark Cartilage

Capsules based on shark cartilage to help bones and joints to contrast joint wear. CARTILSAMINA Capsules are reinforced with chondroitin and glucosamine, compounds naturally present in shark cartilage: glucosamine is a aminosaccharide which has an important role in the formation of cartilage while chondroitin sulfate is part of a larger molecule protein, proteoglycan, providing cartilage elasticity. CARTILSAMINA also contains Vitamin C, which contributes to the normal functioning of cartilage and bone.

Composition of Shark Cartilage 

To determine the dry cartilage is not adulterated contains between 41% ash, 39% protein, 12% carbohydrates, 7% water, less than 1% fiber and less than 0.3% of fat. 
1 Proteins. 30-40% cartilage powder (Holtz 1995 Alencar et al 1995) 
Extracellular structural proteins: Collagen Type I, Collagen type II. Contains a high percentage of hydroxilisina 
Soluble protein: 40 kDa binding protein, similar Tetranectin, metalloproteinase inhibitors. Similar protein TIMP-2, 1 and 2 Sphyrnastatin 
2 Proteoglicanos 
• aggrecan 
• SCF2 angiogenesis inhibitor. Keratan sulfate contains (Liang and Wong 2000) 
• leucine rich Proteoglycan 
3 glucosamine glycans. Constitute 28% of the cartilage powder (Milner 1999) 
• Chondroitin sulfate 4% 
• Dermatan sulfate 
• Hyaluronic acid conjugated to glucosamine. 6% 
4 Minerals. 750 mg of cartilage powder 
Calcium 270 mg 
Phosphorus as phosphate 142 mg 
Sodium 7.5 mg 
Magnesium 3 mg 
Potassium 1.5 mg 
Zinc <0.7 mg 
Iron <0.03 mg 
Iodine 0.02% 
Heavy metals <10 ppm 
5 Carbohydrate. 6-8% (Boik 1995) exert an immunoregulatory and anti-inflammatory effect. 
6 Lipids. <1% 
• Cholesterol, 0.07% (Alencar et al 1995) 
• Phospholipids, 0.05%. Phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, sphingomyelin, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, cardiolipin (Alencar 1995) 
• fatty acids. Palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, esteraico acid, oleic acid, eicosatrienoic acid (Alencar 1995) 
7 Ash. consists of 60% of calcium and phosphorus, in a proportion of 2 parts calcium to 1 part phosphorus. High levels of calcium and phosphorus are due to the calcification of cartilage, particularly of the spine.