Specifically, the researchers noted that the cell wall of strep is composed primarily of a single molecule known as the group A carbohydrate (or GAC) which, in turn, is built from repeating units of the bacterial
sugar rhamnose and the human - like sugar N - acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc).
Not exact matches
The researchers also identified a way to remove the problematic GlcNAc
sugar so that a mutant form of the bacteria with only
rhamnose - containing GAC could be purified and tested as a vaccine antigen.
Several hours later, the
sugars are measured in the blood or urine, and the ratio of lactulose to mannitol or lactulose to
rhamnose recovered reflects the degree of intestinal permeability.
Rhamnose, is a type of biologically active
sugar which hastens the transport of nutrients across the blood - brain barrier and to the cell.
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